CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Feb. 11, 1960 SFr AC ohne a oe ‘ Why High Arrow! Asks Castlegar Chamber Pamphlet A pamphlet, “Why High Ar- row?”, was issued last week un- der the name of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Com- merce. It opposes the building of the High Arrow dam 4% miles above Castlegar, The pamphlet says-High Ar- row “contributes little, if any- thing, to the total firm power po- tential of the finally developed + . + Brojects” and that its chief value will be to assist American interests with “downstream ben- efits” to the detriment of Cana- dian power production, Since many readers of the Castlegar News have not seen this -pamphlet it is quoted in full below: In its report of March, 1959, to the International Joint Com- mission on Columbia river de-| velopment, which had been un- der preparation for 15 years, the International Columbia River “Engineering ‘Board put forward firstly, the so-called non-divers- ion plan which set out the costs and benefits related to a devel- opment which would make tiie most of the rivers as nature has developed them; the other, the so-called diversion plans (two of them), set out the costs and ben- efits ‘based upon a storages, a Murphy dam might raise the Brilliant tail race ano- ther 25 feet at the most and thus some generating capacity would fi effect upon: the economics of po- wer generation at Murphy Creek, For every kilowatt lost at Bril- liant there will be at, least five rom Murphy. 4 However, it must ‘also be said that, even including the ultimate Like to can- ealling for the diversion in the Bast Kootenay of some of the flow of the Kooténay river into the Columbia river. It is suficient to say here that up to now everyone is very strongly of the opinion that the non-diversion plan is the on- ly one that we can consider and to add that this also is the plan that the Americans favor. ‘ This decision settles the mat- ter of the Libby dam and while there are still many matters of benefits yet to be negotiated, flood control for the fertile Cres- ton flats becomes a foregone con- clusion when Libby is underta- ken, To it into the con- two basic ‘ ¢ Village Must Replace ‘Precarious’ Wafer’ Tank Says Ackerman The condition of Kinnaird’s water tank is such, said water chairman E. C. Ackerman this * week, that if it broke, consider- able damage “could be the re- sult of this amount of water let loose.” : Mr, Ackerman’ said the con- dition of the 40,000-gallon «water tank located at the school is “pre- carious” and it will have to be “replaced or repaired.” He said the capacity of the tank is very small in relation te the storage that the village should have in the event of a fire during a power failure. : “Water is also relayed from this tank to the upper tank which is all the more reason for a larger tank at-this location,” said _Mr. Ackerman. The present tank also feeds the Dumont subdivis: sideration surrounding a decision on High Arrow can only result in confusion, , There (would be no power generated at the site of a High Arrow dam,. The reasons are complexand beyond the: scope of this presentation, This is a matter upon which there seems some un- certainty in the public’s mind. There would, however, be a po- wer generating station of consid- erable magnitude, at the Murphy dam site producing power valued in-excess of $7,000,000 per year. The power potential of any wa- ter storage behind High Arrow would be for the benefit of gen- erating. stations in the United States. It has been said that the building of a second dam at Bril- liant would invalidate a Murphy Creek dam. We are at a loss to know what is meant by a second dam at Brilliant, There has never been a’suggestion by enyone that a second dam at Brilliant should al and station, for ev- at Murphy. The decision on High Arrow has no effect whatever on the fertile lands of the Creston flats. These are affected cnly ty the flood control resulting from the ery Kilowatt lost at there would be approximately five kilowatts produced at Mur- phy from Columbia and Kooten- ay flow, However, probably the most important and essential facts to the people of this district are: (1) Why is it necessary to -| contemplate the: sacrifices . that result from High Arrow flood- ing? Libby dam which in turn is pet ‘affected’ by the High Arrow Proposal, 8, Sandy teaches, destroyed by’ High Arrow, will take hun- dreds of years to reform at, the higher level, 9. A Murphy Creek dam, coupled with the flood control afforded by the Mica Creek stor- @£e would create one of the most (2) If the made what is the compensation and io whom? When the Kaiser Corporation was pressing for consent to build adam on the Arrow Lakes a few years ago they. stated publicly that the ‘storage necessary to control all the excess water of the Columbia river above Cas- dtegar was 13,000,000 acre feet. The, present provincial govern- ment accepted their arguments and was prepared to grant them ‘a water licence to go ahead, The report of the Interna- tional Columbia River Engineer- ing Board states that Murphy Creck dam (at 1,402 feet) will provide 3,000,000 acre feet and that Mica Creek will provide 11,- 000.000 acre feet for a total of 14,000,000 acre feet or slightly more (7%) than is required, Phe Oastlegar and District Chamber of Commerce knows that the people of the Arrow La- kes are quite capable of reaching an intelligent decision to support or oppose the High Arrow dam which floods the lake as far nor- th as to an inlond wi ys, nae vigable all the year round except for ice periozs, from just above Trail to Revelstoke, q distance of about 150 miles or more. \ -10, High Arrow storage is su- perfluous. 13,000,000 acre feet of annual storage is the maximum required to provide flood control for all the water of the Columbia river from above Castlegar. Mica ‘Creek and Murphy Creek alone provide a total of 14, 000, 000 @cre feet. In the completed system, that is- after Micd and Murphy are our recreational and tourlst Bo- tential would be disastrous. On the other hand, a Murphy Creek dam, coupled with the flood control made possible by a Mica Creek dam, would create one:of the most beautiful inland ay P a continuous lake from a few miles above Trail to Revelstoke, a distance of about 150 miles or more, i The position of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Com- merce is, that everything that anyone has said in support of High Arrow cannot withstand close scrutiny. if there are interests who feel the High Arrow is valuable to them, then let them come to us, as the Kalser Corporation djd, and tell us why the same bene- fits are not obtainable from Mica and Murphy dams and what they are prepared to.pay. us for what. we give up to the flood waters. It should be realized that the High Arrow dam is only valu- able aaa source of quick eee ly power for the: United States -but ||] its construction would delay the Mica and Murphy Creek projects and its benefits are for the most ‘y and the price of constructed, the ato- rage provided by the High Arrow @am can be credited with little in downstream benefits. It would be of use only in. years of high run-qff -for. generation if inter- ruptible power in the United States( and at Murphy.) In years of Jow run-off it would leave exposed up to 0 feet of mud banks, > Why. then ‘an the pressure trom certain quarters for the High Arrow dam whén the en- of 1446" (about 48’ above normal high water), with its consequent of some 18 gineers intain it is superflu- ous? The answer is probably that the power situation in the North- ‘or could) -be built. The tion .of a canal and generating station has been suggested but: never a dam, After allowing for the in- crease in minimum flow in the Columbia and Kootenay rivers re- fon.. sulting fromthe Mica and Libby eSATA ES The Corporation of the Village of Castlegar Court of Anyone wishing to contest the frontage assessment = must notify the Village Office by letter on or before February 12 stating the grounds of complaint. = = =I a.m, CH The Court of Revision will sit at the Castlegar Village Office on February 15 commencing at 9 Revision J. Logelin . Village Clerk ities. But there has been a great deal published in the press con- cerning these proposals. and much of it could be misleading to the average thinking citizen trying to understand the prob- Jem. : : In the interests of further informing the public we desire to present the following sum- mary of te issues at stake: 1. There have . been. three Plans proposed for power deve- lopment on the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers. All three de- velop the - same West, li the B.C. lower mainland is desperate and power interests will go to_great- lengths to get a large block of power quickly. The Hign Arrow dam is by far the best answer for these interests, ‘When Libby, Mica and Mur- phy: are built: there can be litle in downstream benefits properly credited to High Arrow. During | be many years of low run-off and when these other dams are com- pleted it could well be empty but in the meantime it would have done irreparable damage to our total amount of power (in Can- ada and the United States com- bined), 2.. There is no relationship between the High Arrow dami, the Libby dam and the diversion Plans, with their consequent ex- tensive flooding in the East Koo- tenays, They have no bearing on|’ ‘one another, . 3. There is complete agree- ment in the Kootenays to favor the Libby dam (the non-diversion plan). . 4, There would be no pow- er generated’ in Canada at the site of. the High Arrow dam. It would be entirely a water stor- age dam for the purpose of gen- erating power in the United Sta- tes, 8. There would be a Yarge amount of power (218,000 kw) generated on site at a Murphy Creek dam with its attendant operating ae personnel: loss of power at the The Billlant dam has only a’ small —— 240 - IST AVE RICKS ME HAVE ‘THE BEST RECORD: IN TOWN” RED. MERCURY. GODEN tna cee | CHILRENS RECORDS °35c¢ POE TONS ita ADULT RECORDS $4.20 FOR VALENTINE’S DAY WHY NOT MAKE IT A MUSICAL GIFT * PHONE 7211 + MGM UNITED ARTISTS - QUALITY - JUBILEE lake eountry and caused art, our sacriflié is too great. Tt is known that there are po- tent forces at work attempting through every. means available to them to.condition public opin- fon to accept the High Arrow dam, These devious’ procedurés would not be necessary if High Arrow could be justified by an honest straight-forward ap- proach, The people of the Koot- enays must not permit these out- side interests to over-ride them. If the. Kootenay Peoples do not stand firm there is a grave danger that the provincial gov- ernment may. permit a division of opinion to bog down action on the whole Columbia river dev- elopment in favor of the Peace river private power project. The-High Arrow dam contri- butes little, if anything, to the total firm power potential of the finally developed Kootenay-Col- umbia power projects which can BINGO CANADIAN LEGION Saturday Night IN THE LEGION HALL JACKPOT PRIZE $135.00 Si. Rila’s Catholic Church Rev. l,"A, Brophy, P.P, 5th at Elm Street Sunday ‘Masses at 8.30 and 10.30 am, The Community Bible Centre Sunday in the Legion Hall . #.) &t 51 Columbia Avenue 10.30 a.m..Sunday School — 7.30. p.m. Family Service Tuesday, , 7.30 p.m: —; Young People’s Hour Thursday, 7.45 p.m, —“Prayer and Bible Study ‘United Church of Canada Robson — Ist and 3rd Sundays at 11 am. 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