The Manitoba central basin project / Manitoba Game & Fisheries Branch.
Material type: TextPublication details: MB : 1948. Manitoba Game & Fisheries Branch.Description: (3) 144 (8) p. : ill. , maps ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Beginning on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in the Province of Alberta, the Saskatchewan River winds across the prairie provinces and eventually discharges into Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay, draining a basin for which Canada over a period of years has had water development plans. Recently, the governments of the three Prairie Provinces -Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba - formed a Board for the purpose of providing the fullest possible coordination in the development of projects affecting this 150, 000 square-mile basin. These projects ultimately would develop this water resource for irrigation,hydroelectric power, and the related interests of conservation. The Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources of the Provincial Government proposes to divert the waters of the Saskatchewan River into the natural reservoirs of Manitoba's huge Central Lakes Region. Thus stored, the water would eventually enter Lake Winnipeg via a large hydroelectric plant near the mouth ofItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-144).
Beginning on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in the Province of Alberta, the Saskatchewan River winds across the prairie provinces and eventually discharges into Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay, draining a basin for which Canada over a period of years has had water development plans. Recently, the governments of the three Prairie Provinces -Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba - formed a Board for the purpose of providing the fullest possible coordination in the development of projects affecting this 150, 000 square-mile basin. These projects ultimately would develop this water resource for irrigation,hydroelectric power, and the related interests of conservation. The Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources of the Provincial Government proposes to divert the waters of the Saskatchewan River into the natural reservoirs of Manitoba's huge Central Lakes Region. Thus stored, the water would eventually enter Lake Winnipeg via a large hydroelectric plant near the mouth of