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Rossburn Review in Rossburn, Manitoba

19 Oct 1978

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Rossburn Review

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Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Oct 19, 1978

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5

Parklanders tour Hydro sites in northern Manitoba

Forty five Parkland residents joined a Manitoba Hydro tour to visit the Nelson River plants including Kettle and Long Spruce stations and the Henday and Radisson converters. Participants paid 100 dollars each with some sponsorships, and the trip aimed to show how electricity is generated and why northern hydro projects are costly.

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Gillam Manitoba Manitoba Hydro Hydro Lloyd Pyper Winnipeg Brandon Dauphin Hydro Gerry Wilson Nelson Churchill Mike Szewcyzk Dauphin Benito Ste. Rose Joe van de Poele Kettle Long Spruce Henday Radisson Limestone Gill&m Sundance
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Manitoba Hydro Water Power Declared Manitoba's Greatest Natural Resource

The piece highlights water power's growing value as fossil fuels wane. Winnipeg River station began 1906 near Winnipeg. Grand Rapids station 472 MW completed 1968. Nelson Churchill projects total 8,444 MW with Limestone slated 1984. At 1 cent per kWh, this exceeds $1 million daily in perpetuity.

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Winnipeg Sonou Witen Madra Saskatchewan Grand Rapids Dauphin Hydro Nelson-Churchill Manitoba Hydro Manitoba
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Future hydro projects delayed to 1982 says Lloyd Pyper

Lloyd Pyper of Manitoba Hydro municipal relations says future hydro development in the north is paused until 1982. He notes the Limestone site near Gillam may resume if demand increases, while the Long Spruce station under construction remains about 95 percent complete with five of ten units installed.

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Lloyd Pyper Hydro Mr. Pyper Nelson Gillam Long Spruce Ney Gate Pyper Manitoba Hydro Stans
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