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2 unusual facts about Columbia River Treaty


Columbia River Treaty

BC Premier W.A.C. Bennett was a major player in negotiating the treaty and, according to U.S. Senator Clarence Dill, was a tough bargainer.

W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia who led the development of dams on the upper Columbia and Peace Rivers


Wells Gray Provincial Park

The park may have been saved because the British Columbia government was preoccupied in the 1960s with planning and building (and paying for) the W.A.C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River and Mica Dam, Keenleyside Dam and Duncan Dam, all part of the Columbia River Treaty projects.


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