For years, a number of places along the Peace River were considered as possible locations for dams by surveyors. Two of those were turned into reality by BC Hydro—”Site A”, which became the W.A.C. Bennett Dam at Williston Lake, and “Site B”, which became the Peace Canyon Dam. In the 70s and early 80s, BC Hydro was planning to build a dam at a third site, and the name has stuck.
What exactly is it? And what would it do?
Site C would be a hydroelectric facility on the Peace River, seven kilometres south of Fort St. John. A newly created reservoir would be about 83 kilometres long and two-to-three times wider than the current river, flooding 5,550 hectares of land. Current estimates are it would take eight years and $8.5 billion to build the facility.
Justin McElroy – Globalnews.ca – December 16, 2014.
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