Upper Salmon Hydroelectric Development

Upper Salmon Hydroelectric Project

Hydroelectric Development on Rapid River

Beginning at the Southeast corner of the breakwater situated on the West side of the outlet of the Upper Salmon (Alma) River; thence in a Northwesterly direction following the Easterly side of said breakwater and the Westerly shore at low tide of the said river for approximately three miles upstream to a point opposite the outlet of Lake Brook, a tributary of aforesaid river flowing from the East; thence across said river to the point of intersection between the East bank or shore of said Upper Salmon (Alma) River and the Northwest bank or shore of said Lake Brook; thence in a Northeasterly di ...[+++]rection following the various courses of said bank or shore of said brook upstream to a point where the same intersects the East limit of the Highway Road leading from Alma and Hebron vicinity to the Old Shepody Road; thence in a Northerly direction following said limit of said Highway Road to its intersection with the Northern limit of the aforementioned Old Shepody Road; thence in a Westerly direction following said limit of said Old Shepody Road (a portion of which is now Highway Number Fourteen) to its intersection with the West limit of Lot Number Four, granted to Isaiah Wallace; thence in a Southerly direction along said limit of said lot and the Southern prolongation of same South four degrees and fifty-seven minutes West by the Magnet of the year 1947, a distance of eighty-three chains and ninety-nine links to a Beech post standing in the South limit of Lot Number Sixty-eight, granted to W.A. McManus; thence South eighty-six degrees and forty-eight minutes East along the said limit of said lot, a distance of twenty-seven chains and eighty-six links to a Spruce post standing in the West limit of Lot Letter V, granted to J. Vernon; thence along said limit of said lot South four degrees and forty-four minutes West, a distance of twelve chains and forty-two links to another Spruce post standing in the Southwest angle of said lot; thence along the South limit of sai ...

The move was related to the construction of the La Grande hydro project.

“The European Investment Bank is committed to working closely with EGL to enable the Ruzizi hydropower project to contribute meeting the energy needs of the Great Lakes region.

Honourable senators, in the 1970s, hydro-related projects on Nelson River and Churchill River, along with the Lake Winnipeg Regulation Project, flooded almost 12,000 acres of reserve land in Northern Manitoba belonging to the Split Lake, Cross Lake, Nelson House, Norway House and York Factory First Nations.