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Dam on Similkameen River near Princeton?

similkameen riverCOMMENTS ACCEPTED ON THIS APPLICATION CLOSES SOON

 FortisBC is looking for crown land for a Hydroelectric Project on the Similkameen River.

The proposed project will incorporate a dam and large storage reservoir. The location chosen is approximately 15 km South of Princeton 750.0 Hectares

Legal Description: All that unsurveyed Crown land covering District Lots 2289S, 1939, 2281S et al all of Similkameen Division Yale District

RDOS  directors decided Thursday to ask FortisBC to allow comments from the public for another 4 weeks.

Directors from Princeton say the plan is to assess the crown land for environmental impact and no dam is expected to be built that quickly. Directors believe the public is not getting a fair opportunity to comment and participate in the process.

Similkameen River is one of the of last wild,  (channelled) natural rivers and is an international water course feeding the Columbia Basin. (Natural from headwaters in Manning Park to the dam in the USA.