988.027.37 Whatshan Dam Mudslide

Accession Num: 988.027.37

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Document Date: 1953-08- - --

Donors: Greater Vernon Museum & Archives

Keywords: 1950s, BC Hydro, landslide/rockslide, Lower Arrow Lake, power station, Whatshan hydroelectric station, and Whatshan landslide (1953)

Locations: Needles

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (11.7 cm x 6.9 cm)

Notes:
Landslide debris on shore of Lower Arrow Lake at Whatshan hydroelectric station, Lower Arrow Lake just north of Needles, August 1953. The slide destroyed the power station, which was soon rebuilt.

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