2018.027.9.17 Hi-Arrow Dam, 9.6.69

Accession Num: 2018.027.9.17

Negative Code: P25-15

Extent:

Document Date: 1969-06-09 - --

Donors: Wilf Hewat

Creators: Wilf Hewat

Keywords: 1960s, Arrow Lakes flooding (Columbia River Treaty), BC Hydro, bus, Columbia River, dam, Hugh Keenleyside Dam, Hugh Keenleyside Dam opening (1969), Lower Arrow Lake, and school bus

Locations: Castlegar and Robson

Physical Description:
1 colour slide (35 mm)

Notes:
Lock gates at Hugh Keenleyside Dam on its opening day, Columbia River west of Robson, 9 June 1969. Lower Arrow Lake impounded at right. Opening ceremony attendees walking on access road at bottom.