Quebec Hydropolitics
The Peribonka Concessions of the Second World War
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:27th Jan '11
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An examination of the effects of dams on the environment, Aboriginal peoples, and the war effort
The construction in the 1940s of hydroelectric dams and reservoirs, Lakes Manouan and Passe Dangereuse, were enormous projects that had consequences not only on the environment but also on international affairs. Built by the Aluminium Company of Canada (Rio Tinto Alcan), the project helped meet the American and Allied Forces demand for electrical power and aluminium ingot during the Second World War but also forced Innu/Montagnais hunter-trappers from their ancestral lands.
"Quebec Hydropolitics sheds important new light on just how vital the Peribonka concessions were for the development of both the Quebec economy and the province's regulatory state." Laurence B. Mussio, Department of Communications and Multimedia, McMaster University
"A rich and nuanced text that forces the reader to think again not only about the war and its immediate effects but also its enduring legacies in Quebec and beyond." Matthew Evenden, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
ISBN: 9780773537828
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264 pages