CANADIAN ELECTRICITY

Evening Star, Issue 19923, 20 July 1928, Page 2

CANADIAN ELECTRICITY

The use of Nimpkish Biver and Nimpkish. Lake, Vancouver Island, for the creation of power necessary to operate a large pulp and paper industry has been authorised by the Provincial Water Board of British Columbia, Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., backed by the International Harvester interests of Chicago, will be allowed to erect a 200 ft dam on the Nimpkish River and to flood areas around Nimpkish Lake in the development of their power scheme, under water and storage licenses. Issuance of the provincial water licenses, after a recent hearing before Major J. C. MacDonald, Controller of Water Rights, opens the way for the creation of one of the biggest industries in British Columbia. The Canadian Forest Products Company proposes to erect a 200 ft dam about two and a-half miles up the Nimpkish River from the east coast of Vancouver Island, and to raise_ the level of Nimpkish Lake substantially. This will entail the flooding of an area of low-lving timber land at the head of the lake, which will be increased in size from 10 to 14 per cent.