My grandma grew up up between the dam and syringa creek park. I remember swimming in the lake and could see the old road about 10 feet deep. Last year me and my son went up there and the water level was so low we walked along that road and could still see rock pathways and foundation stones.
Wild! It's our third year in Burton. So much amazing farmland was lost to the dam. It's a shame. The area is a jewel though, and lots of families are moving here.
We live in Fauquier, and I wonder where this house is? We love this village soo much. Aware of a lot of pain and misery for the people who were displaced and lost the homes they loved.
couple decades of history,,, nice people,, Beautiful beyond,, Hotsprings,,, Bears n Blueberries,,, Hiking n Helli,, Boating n Bikinis,, Fishing n Campfires,, Sportbike paradise,, and Valhalla is just around the corner... w Burton Beaton silverton ainsworth n so Much More... This has Been a Non paid for Advertisement from ... God Bless, B Nice n Love each other. Thank You So Freaking Much for All the Outstanding memories n Brand new video . Best of Success.
Just thinking how much longer this would take and how much more expensive it would be to move a townsite today v ok mpared ton1960s. Standing under a moving house while shifting into position on the foundation is not allowed today
People who refused to move, had their homes mysteriously go up in smoke when they were away. There is a very dark side to this story which conveniently is not being told here.
Check out the story about VAL MORTON , B.C.Hydro took all of his land including some that they wanted to transfer to B.C. Parks LATER ! They LIED to Morton , knew it wasn't going slide into the reservoir , he finally got the documents to prove Hydro lied . That was MORE than 20 years ago , he was at least 70 then , they wait him out till he dies . And check out how much timber was WASTED when Mica Dam was built ! ( 90 +% of HAMBER PROVINCIAL PARK GONE ! ) look at a 1958 map , compared to a current version !
Complainers don't like the use of dams for electricity production. I used to visit the rustic hotspring pools at Halcyon... before recently being commodified as a resort.
The High Arrow Dam, aka Hugh Keenleyside Dam, originally, was not built to generate electricity. It was to control flooding and for agriculture needs in Washington.
It would be extremely myopic to assume the floods originated in the U.S. Look North, into British Columbia and you will find several large and very significant Valleys that run N to S. Most still have rivers but all of them clearly show benches indicating multiple lake bed levels and past flood events. Perhaps trigger event for lake Missoulla came from a failure further up the Columbia/East Kootenay watershed.
It had to be done for the greater good but it should be mentioned that many people were unfairly compensated for their homes resulting in a lot of anger and even some suicides. Never forget that.
To cap it all off, as the families that were forced out were leaving, the government set their homes on fire, traumatizing the children. This could be done without backlash because of the relative remoteness. BC Hydro also promised a bridge where the Needles ferry is today.
🎷They sold us down the river with the new High Arrow dam! 🎻music.th-cam.com/video/_iA-QSGr1Bg/w-d-xo.html&feature=share The High Arrow had to be renamed because a song about how the Canadians got screwed over by the Columbia River Treaty started getting popular in protest and was becoming an embarrassment to politicians of the time. Try writing a song with Keenleyside in the chorus.
People were much more likely to sacrifice for the greater good back then without needing something for themselves......I believe the word is Patriotism
Stop kidding yourself. Nobody in the West Kootenay was down with this stupid dam and willing to sacrifice. This was rammed down their throats by politicians hundreds and thousands of miles away.
Stop kidding yourself. Nobody in the West Kootenay was willing to sacrifice. They were sacrified by politicians hundreds and thousands of miles away. Just like today, people then were happy to take things away from people they don't know. Patriotism. Ha! What a joke.
Stop kidding yourself. Nobody in the West Kootenay was down with this stupid dam and willing to sacrifice. This was rammed down their throats by politicians hundreds and thousands of miles away.
Patriotism? Ha, what a joke. Just as today humans are happy to take from those they don't know. Nobody in the area was in favour of the dam. It was rammed down their throats by politicians hundreds and thousands of miles away.
My grandma grew up up between the dam and syringa creek park. I remember swimming in the lake and could see the old road about 10 feet deep. Last year me and my son went up there and the water level was so low we walked along that road and could still see rock pathways and foundation stones.
Love the old footage !
Wild! It's our third year in Burton. So much amazing farmland was lost to the dam. It's a shame. The area is a jewel though, and lots of families are moving here.
Burton is a great place,
my packs were handmade there,
picked them up in the 80's
Didn’t the benefits of flood protection and power generation offset the farm land loss?
My Father worked on that dam. Thanks for the video
what a great video. i sure liked seeing those old fords and internationals working.
Mid 90's I worked at a mill outside Valemont, recovering wood and they still had some of the large equipment on site from the work here
Thank you for sharing! I’m visiting Nakusp this summer and sure I will see the river a little differently now!!
Very interesting Lorne!
We live in Fauquier, and I wonder where this house is? We love this village soo much. Aware of a lot of pain and misery for the people who were displaced and lost the homes they loved.
Hi,
Thanks for the interest!
I assume you're referring to the red roofed house in the film? It's at the north end of Maple.
@@thenarrowarrows7577 yes being hauled by the big yellow truck! Cool!!!
couple decades of history,,, nice people,, Beautiful beyond,, Hotsprings,,, Bears n Blueberries,,, Hiking n Helli,, Boating n Bikinis,, Fishing n Campfires,, Sportbike paradise,, and Valhalla is just around the corner... w Burton Beaton silverton ainsworth n so Much More... This has Been a Non paid for Advertisement from ...
God Bless, B Nice n Love each other.
Thank You So Freaking Much for All the Outstanding memories n Brand new video .
Best of Success.
Thanks for the video.
What a sad tale
Was there then
Just thinking how much longer this would take and how much more expensive it would be to move a townsite today v ok mpared ton1960s. Standing under a moving house while shifting into position on the foundation is not allowed today
People who refused to move, had their homes mysteriously go up in smoke when they were away. There is a very dark side to this story which conveniently is not being told here.
Check out the story about VAL MORTON ,
B.C.Hydro took all of his land including some that they wanted to transfer to B.C. Parks LATER !
They LIED to Morton , knew it wasn't going slide into the reservoir , he finally got the documents to prove Hydro lied . That was MORE than 20 years ago , he was at least 70 then , they wait him out till he dies .
And check out how much timber was WASTED when Mica Dam was built !
( 90 +% of HAMBER PROVINCIAL PARK GONE ! ) look at a 1958 map , compared to a current version !
Not one person in the footage was overweight.
Complainers don't like the use of dams for electricity production. I used to visit the rustic hotspring pools at Halcyon... before recently being commodified as a resort.
The High Arrow Dam, aka Hugh Keenleyside Dam, originally, was not built to generate electricity. It was to control flooding and for agriculture needs in Washington.
Halcyon hot springs was one of the reasons I moved to Revelstoke in the mid 80s
The " hippie hole " is gone !
All commercialized now . Too bad .
People were simply in the way 😢
It would be extremely myopic to assume the floods originated in the U.S. Look North, into British Columbia and you will find several large and very significant Valleys that run N to S. Most still have rivers but all of them clearly show benches indicating multiple lake bed levels and past flood events. Perhaps trigger event for lake Missoulla came from a failure further up the Columbia/East Kootenay watershed.
It had to be done for the greater good but it should be mentioned that many people were unfairly compensated for their homes resulting in a lot of anger and even some suicides. Never forget that.
To cap it all off, as the families that were forced out were leaving, the government set their homes on fire, traumatizing the children. This could be done without backlash because of the relative remoteness. BC Hydro also promised a bridge where the Needles ferry is today.
Audio is terrible, but an interesting story. Thank you.
🎷They sold us down the river with the new High Arrow dam! 🎻music.th-cam.com/video/_iA-QSGr1Bg/w-d-xo.html&feature=share
The High Arrow had to be renamed because a song about how the Canadians got screwed over by the Columbia River Treaty started getting popular in protest and was becoming an embarrassment to politicians of the time. Try writing a song with Keenleyside in the chorus.
Maybe one day solar power will be enough and all these dams could be removed and maybe the salmon would return
Nope, flood control is too important as is the treaty. So long as the dams remain so will the power generation.
Solar will never have that potential. Solar only works 50% of the time under ideal circumstances.
The High Arrow Dam was built primarily for flood control, so it will always remain in place.
People were much more likely to sacrifice for the greater good back then without needing something for themselves......I believe the word is Patriotism
Those living in places like Deer Park and Renata were given no choice. For many, it was heartbreaking.
Stop kidding yourself. Nobody in the West Kootenay was down with this stupid dam and willing to sacrifice. This was rammed down their throats by politicians hundreds and thousands of miles away.
Stop kidding yourself. Nobody in the West Kootenay was willing to sacrifice. They were sacrified by politicians hundreds and thousands of miles away. Just like today, people then were happy to take things away from people they don't know. Patriotism. Ha! What a joke.
Stop kidding yourself. Nobody in the West Kootenay was down with this stupid dam and willing to sacrifice. This was rammed down their throats by politicians hundreds and thousands of miles away.
Patriotism? Ha, what a joke. Just as today humans are happy to take from those they don't know. Nobody in the area was in favour of the dam. It was rammed down their throats by politicians hundreds and thousands of miles away.
shameful
I probably would have watched the entire video had it not been for that annoying, irritating background noise some one mistakes for music. 👎
Beat it