Kinbasket Lake June 1962

Photograph of Kinbasket Lake in June 1962. The Lake was greatly expanded after the construction of Mica Dam.

Kilowatts Across the Border

Series of notes by Bonneville Power Administrator Charles Luce introducing the Treaty. May have been published as a series or read on the radio or television. Document includes four notes: an introduction to the Treaty; issues finding an American purchaser...

Keenleyside Dam Power House

Keenleyside Dam and Arrow Lakes Generating Station

Color photograph shows the 185-MW Arrow Lakes Generating Station (lower right) at the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. The station began to produce power in November 2001 and entered commercial operation in February 2002. Photo taken in July 2002. Digital version originally...

Keenleyside Dam

Color photograph of Keenleyside Dam. Date unknown. Digital version originally obtained from the Bonneville Power Administration.

2008 Columbia Basin Fish Accords Memorandum of Agreement between the Three Treaty Tribes and FCRPS Action Agencies

This memorandum of agreement clarifies responsibilities between the Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Yakama Tribes, and Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. “This Agreement addresses direct and indirect effects of construction, inundation, operation...

Abundance and Production of Zooplankton and Kokanee Salmon (oncorhynchus nerka) in Kootenay Lake, British Columbia During Artificial Fertilization

Written as a dissertation for a PhD in Zoology at the University of British Columbia. “Experimental fertilization was conducted on Kootenay Lake, B.C. from 1992 to 1997 to compensate for nutrients lost behind hydroelectric dams upstream of the lake. Declining...

Boundary Waters Agreement Between the United States of American and Canada

An exchange of notes and agreement between the United States and Canada clarifying the potential for disposal of downstream benefits under the Columbia River Treaty.

Libby Dam Dedication

Photograph of the dedication of Libby Dam on 24 August 1975. Full caption reads “LIBBY DAM DEDICATION Spilling stops as water is diverted to generators. 24 August 1975.” Taken from the 1975 Annual Report of the Columbia River Treaty Permanent...

Twelve Ton Earthmovers on the Mica Crest

Urban Streams: Where Have We Come From and Do We Know Where We’re Going?

Transcription of a presentation given by Harold Paish during an urban streams workshop, March, 1997 at Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C. The speaker reflects on the involvement of public groups in the creation of the Creston Waterfowl Management Area...

John Diefenbaker and President Eisenhower

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker shakes hands with President Dwight Eisenhower, January 1, 1961. Digital version originally obtained from the Bonneville Power Administration. Original in the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Archives.