Wilderness and Waterpower

How Banff National Park Became a Hydro-Electric Storage Reservoir

by Christopher Armstrong and H. V. Nelles

University of Calgary Press

2013

Non-Fiction: History

CDN: $34.95

9781552386347

This engaging book explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park. The narrative contains many unexpected twists and turns, some interesting characters, and some surprising outcomes.

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