Nechako River

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River, central British Columbia, Canada. The major tributary of the Fraser River, it flows east for nearly 150 mi (240 km). The Stuart River, a tributary 258 mi (415 km) long, joins it between Fort Fraser and Prince George, where it parallels the Canadian National Railway. In 1952 the Nechako was bisected by Kenney Dam, which created a reservoir whose overflow generates electricity.

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	(book reviews) ; ...early 1950s Alcan Aluminum built the Kenney dam across the Nechako River in northwestern British Columbia, reversing much of its flow...journalistic account, with some personal reflections. The Nechako River originally drained a network of spectacular wilderness streams... Read more
	Kemano deal draws fire. ; ...planned $1.4 billion project would hurt the fish stocks in the Nechako River. The Montreal-based aluminium giant claimed it had already...fisheries scientists and the First Nations located along the Nechako River say that the province gave Alcan too much and did nothing... Read more
	Kemanogate. (investigation of political corruption in Alcan Aluminum Ltd. contract) ; ...millions of dollars fighting to get more water for Nechako River salmon but abruptly dropped its demands. Siddon...wanted -- 87 per cent of the water in the Upper Nechako River to make electricity. More water for Alcan translated... Read more
	Kemano deal draws fire ; ...4 billion hydro project would hurt the fish stocks in the Nechako River. The Montreal-based aluminium giant claimed it had already...fisheries scientists and the First Nations located along the Nechako River say the province gave Alcan too much and did nothing to protect... Read more
	Around Canada ; B.C. ice jam expands BELOW-FREEZING temperatures in Prince George B.C. expanded the ice jam on the Nechako River by a full kilometre over the weekend to 8.5 kilometres by Sunday morning. At least 60 residents are still under an evacuation order... Read more
	You can't go home again (especially if you burn it down like Alcan did the town of Kemano). ; ...it was built between 1949 and 1954 by Alcan to house workers at a nearby hydroelectric generating station powered by the Nechako River. At its peak, it held a population of nearly 300 permanent residents. But in 1999 Alcan declared that the dam's on-site work... Read more
	Geoscience BC Survey Detects Gold and Copper in Beetle Kill Area of Central BC ; ...surveys sponsored by Geoscience BC in the Anahim Lake and Nechako River areas, east of Tweedsmuir Park in central BC, have detected...stream sediment and water survey data from Anahim Lake and Nechako River (Geoscience BC report 2006-4) is publicly available through... Read more
	Impact of artificial fluoridation on salmon in the northwest US and British Columbia. ; ...River of British Columbia, Canada, sperm banks are being employed to preserve salmon species. Proposed water diversion on the Nechako River, in British Columbia, may threaten the internationally important Fraser River fishery. Writing in the quarterly magazine... Read more
	Alcan flim flam. (Alcan Aluminum Corp.)(Column) ; ...Scrapped by former BC Premier Mike Harcourt, Alcan's huge hydro-electric project was destined to divert 88 percent of BC's Nechako River, essentially swapping wild salmon for electricity that Alcan could sell to the US via BC Hydro. When Alcan sued for compensation... Read more
	Ride the rails and sea British Columbia. ; ...car's teardrop end, is a comfortable lounge for refreshments and conversation. The Skeena leaves Prince George along the Nechako River, which, after some 75 miles, gives way to Fraser Lake, then a series of rivers and lakes before finally finding the Skeena... Read more

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