Thanks for the video - nice for those of us "down south" in BC to see what is going on. I lived in FSJ way back in the 70s - nice to see updates once in a while. :)
Good job, Ron, this footage is great for future generations to understand the great changes made to the environment by such a huge project. In the future, the lake will provide its own recreational possibilities, and its own biodiversity. Thank you for documenting the changes.
Just so you know, you are absolutely able to fly your drone over any part of this as long as the AIRSPACE is not restricted. The security dude has no idea what he’s talking about. Just go and fly! Your footage is great! And legal!
@@derekcox6531 thanks. I was well aware of the drone rules. He never said i could not. He said he was not sure. I have always found it easier to just leave than argue. What got me is what the heck was needing a security guard by the Halfway Bridge.
Maybe the security guy was saying that because of the proximity to the airport. The dam is quite close but not in the control zone of the airport, but you'd definitely be breaking laws if you went into the control zone.
@@pull_pitch6012 He just was not up on drones. It happens all the time. Halfway bridge is well outside of Class E territory. He did say he was not sure and did not really want me to fly it from there. Easier to leave than argue.
@@rongibson6281 I'm referring to the Class D control zone that surrounds the airport. It's a 5NM radius circle around the airport where it's illegal to fly a drone. That location that you were filming is 1NM outside of that control zone perimeter, so quite close (but definitely not illegal, just saying it's close)
@@pull_pitch6012 I never flew near the dam. I mentioned that in the video. I was flying about 25 km from the Ft St John airport and even more from Hudson Hope Airport.
Drove that section of highway hundreds of times while working in the oil and gas industry hauling waste from driving rigs, sometimes 3-4 times a day. Amaszing how much has changed since 2020 when I left.
From Alberta, thanks for your videos. I used to work up at Fort St John back when Site C was just getting started. Wanted to get back to see the changes. Your videos are impressive!
Well done Ron, thank you. I am surprised at how much timber is still in the valley and how much has already been captured at the dam, quite a mess to deal with.
I live in Vancouver so I thank you very much for sharing this because if not for this video it would probably be something I would forget was going on so far away from me.
Nice shots Ron! Thankyou for sharing your time and energy with us!! Now seeing this video makes me regret not driving up there to at least see the valley and be somewhere that will now be under an unfathomable amount of water! A historical event for sure!!
My son is working at the Site C project and texted me 2 weeks ago or so to tell me they were starting to fill it. He also said they had done a start up on one of the huge turbines. He said he could feel it as they ran it up to 150% ( which they will probably never run it at again ). Thanks for your video, now I can put some visual to his explanation of how and where he’s working.
You are documenting history being made. Thanks and congratulations. If you're looking for ideas for shots, it would be great to see close up before and after views of small areas. Your drone provides access behind the locked gates.
Thanks, I do listen to all ideas. I have started on the 2 month fill video. I have adapted 2 in it already. The year date and the actual location. I have a format for the next one, But I may do a last one syncing a split screen of before fill and after full. Thanks for input.
I grew up in Fort St John. Spent many days out on this section of the river with my family fishing. Some of my fondest memories of growing up there. It was one of the nicest sections of river in the area. Definitely a shame that it is now lost forever. I know we need power and all but we have a huge country with lots of rivers. Fortunately I live in the south now and don't have to be around to witness this disaster.
Cool stuff! I have a good picture of the old Halfway bridge on Sept. 7th, the evening before it went under. I'm in Hudson's Hope and can't wait for this new playground to open! Yes, it's fish habitat and I was hoping it was a marina. Yes it was a gravel pit but the endgame was fish habitat.
@@rongibson6281 I was trying to get in there when they were pulling the gravel out. They went right down to the bedrock. I wanted to pan some of it because that was the first time any area of the Peace River was down to bedrock but couldn't get in there. The reclamation was the fish habitat requirement. Funny story but my buddy from Kelowna and I are into Mopars. He came across your video from a couple years ago. You had some impressive stuff! My buddy owns #3 of the 2 known '67 Hemi Chargers in Mauve. Look up Pile O Mopars if you wnat to see some cool stuff. I'm into Fargos myself these days.
We live on the Beechwood Dam head pond in New Brunswick the water is over 50 ft deep in places, it can change levels from being full to being down or up by 8 ft over night, mostly because of incoming thunderstorms level control. NB Power did lots of river bank rip rap to prevent erosion but after 70 years the banks have slide down in many places and no maintenance to dredge it has happened in decades. Hope this dam sees better maintenance.
Thanks. I hope the great grand kids at least watch it down the road. I enjoyed doing it so far. lots of drives to Hudson Hope to watch all the progress
Thanks for the hard work, really cool to see the progress in nice little clips. Was up there before the work got started, so cool to see the difference now.
I’m surprised to see the basin wasn’t logged prior to filling. I thought we had learned our lesson around that from the construction of the Kenny Dam on the Nechako River in the 1950’s as part of the Alcan project in Kitimat. More than 70 years later they are still working to remove dead submerged standing trees using expensive and difficult underwater logging methods.
If I remember correctly they had cut down a couple few trees that had active eagle nests on them! The eagles said heck with that and rebuilt on trees a little ways a way and those got cut down too!
Been a while since I was through that way.. I will certainly have to go have a look again.. Pretty sure in time it will become a great recreation area but in the mean time not so much.
Hi Dave This has gone crazy. 40,000 views in less than a week. I loved following the progress. Already started on the 2 month fill up video. Thanks for watching.
This video and others will be valuable for future court cases when the surrounding lands start to slip into the reservoir due to water table changes. Already had many slides during construction from water table changes due to Fracking ponds. Expecting to see a never ending dredging program going in a few years. Latest geological study of the Peace River Valley shows that it took hundreds of years to stabilize the clay crust, which only a few feet thick if that in many places!
Very interesting to see. I used to drive through there all the time for work, but moved away and haven't been through since 2019. I think they were just starting the Cache Creek bridge construction then. I was hoping to see how much was left of the big curve in the road where it goes over Ferrell Creek, but I suppose that's probably all under water now. The old road sections should make for at least a couple good boat ramps once its filled though.
Found a good picture showing it but cant figure out how to copy and paste it. There is no curve now. It comes straight across and almost parallel to the sharp curve.
@@rongibson6281yup, the old road curves under the new bridge, and you can just see the old bridge on the other side. I don't know why, but I always hated that corner. Probably because the radius got tighter as you climbed the hill on the other side, or at least it seemed that way to me. The whole route is probably a lot straighter now. It used to be a fun road on a motorcycle or sports car, but not so much in a work truck. I watched the video again on a bigger screen, and some of the old road is still above water on the far side of the Ferrell Creek bridge, climbing up the hill.
I lived up there for 2 decades and I was impressed with the beauty of this region which was just teeming with wildlife of all types, this was as late as 2012 I must’ve hit about 20 deer diving trucks and my car that’s how abundant Peace region was, today it’s all gone there’s nothing, industrializing the Peace has killed all the animals, can we be far behind?The last PM had the word Environment removed from every government document, the dam builder’s LAVOLIN are notorious for bribing politicians and leaving environmental catastrophes behind them when they leave, for some strange reason they seem to the choice of Canadian politicians throughout Canada
I remember years ago speaking to an older gentleman who used to work for BC Hydro and he said that the weight of dams can crack the surface of the earth. We seem to affect the earth so much with what we do.........
Are there provisions for fish and aquatic flora and fauna to transit up or down stream, maintaining ecological connectivity of the watershed? What are the provisions for waste wood and vegetation that will produce methane if left to decay in the watercourse?
Pretty cool. Im amazed they left so many trees and didn't log them out!? Don't they eventually let loose then start to torpedo up and shoot out of the water?
I thought that it was a low fly zone! Site C look out point has a NO drone flying signs all over. Drone footage was nice but the drive is more worth it! There is about 6 different spots were u can over look the river n see where the sore lines were. The gravel pit area is where they were working out of n park their vehicles,There was some camp shakes too, my husband was there doing windshields n a couple of door glass. BC Hydro should of got all the wood cut up n donated to campsite or anyone needing wood instead of just leaving it! Now they need to put in a couple of nice campsites for the one that they closed down! There is a museum just before u cross the first bridge n they sell corn too, very well kept place. It’s about a 50 min drive to Hudson Hope n the scenery n wildlife are worth it. Thanx for sharing the video n hi fr FSJ.
So much for logging the reservoir right after the work on Site C started. It looks like this reservoir will end up just like Williston lake with mercury poisoning from the dead trees and dead heads popping up for the next 50 years or so. They should have done another logging spree.
The security guard is wrong. As long as the airspace isnt restricted for helicopters or planes....drone away. Historical footage. Keep up the good work.
The shot I wanted was when the old Halfway Bridge was just underwater. The day I was there the surface and railing was still out of the water. I could not make it back next 2 or 3 days so missed the shot I wanted anyway. When I did get out next it was underwater.
I can't believe that they didn't clear all the trees in the flood area. Years from now, they'll keep popping up and plugging the dam gates and the overflows.
@@grahamstuart9164 they are going to use long log pickers to pluck them out and then grind them up. With Canfor closing down in January maybe a bunch of new jobs can be created there. It will take time for sure
@rongibson6281 thanks for the reply. The other Ron Gibson was my favorite geology teacher and mentor in So Cal. You have a similar personality. Cheers from Pie Town NM USA.
The worlds best engineers were all in agreement about not building this dam at this location because of unstable footing ( shale ) is compacted mud and ill suited to withstand the pressure, it’s already been subjected to an earthquake, thanks to nearby fracking.
All that agricultural land drowned. I don't have a problem with it, bit I do have a problem with the hypocrisy of those who did this constantly attacking small ALR landholders. As withost things, when the urban demographic wants something, all the rules get thrown out.
Having watched the ex CEO of Google it would seem his view is the energy from Canadian Dams is going to used for Server farms, not electric cars. He was implying that they would buy electricity from Canadian Dams, while I was thinking it takes decades to have a dam approval and he is nuts.
sadly it is technically more efficient then ICE cars, hybrids are the best option for efficiency and reliability. they can also act as a back up generator! All the eco friendly BS is to justify cost... more scamming people to fix the world. in the end its about cost to the user and maker. the environmental aspect is just another marketing gimmick. if companies gave a damn things would break so much.
LNG Canada in Kitimat is going to be using most of this power. You might recall, shortly after the start of this project a new power consumption assessment was done. At that time it was deemed to be excess power due negative growth and Alberta rejection of BC power, so LNG was given the green light!
I understand your point but he’s just providing good visuals of a massive project that many people in western Canada already know of, but for some reason this project has been kind of kept low profile, even the filling of the reservoir, probably because of potential public protest. Either way the title says enough for you to do a simple search and watch plenty of videos explaining what the site C dam is. His video is not to educate you, it is for you to appreciate the scale of water and its historical change on the landscape.
The province has decided we will no longer be allowed to heat our homes with LPG or run our autos on petroleum the city announced last week. Wonder if the new party will change that? Or much else.
Thanks, $19Bn of debt and, massive destruction, today you can use floating 18 megawatt wind turbines that are usable on the BC Pacific coast shelf, couple them with the gigawatt lithium battery farms already deployed around the world. The sick joke is the LNG plants, the very reason for Sight C are located on the coast. No bridges, no massive grid pylons, no destruction. Probably would have cost under a billion too.
Nothing like destroying good old mother nature. Oh well maybe it will come in handy for putting out forest fires, and maybe ducks and geese will use it possibly other wildlife as well.
It’s not destroying Mother Nature,it’s changing one part of that area. Let’s be real,when ‘Mother Nature’ has had enough of humanity,she will shake us off like a dog shakes off a bad case of fleas.
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Thanks for the video - nice for those of us "down south" in BC to see what is going on. I lived in FSJ way back in the 70s - nice to see updates once in a while. :)
2 month fill video will be out shortly after Oct 25th.
Good job, Ron, this footage is great for future generations to understand the great changes made to the environment by such a huge project. In the future, the lake will provide its own recreational possibilities, and its own biodiversity. Thank you for documenting the changes.
@@08Barclay thanks. I do these videos as I enjoy it, but ones like this I hope my great grandkids will enjoy later.
Reservoir. Let's call these what they are.
@@TLO-nn1dmIndeed. Habitat destruction is my term.
@@rongibson6281the impact of the revisor won’t be known for years , all that added weight will have unforeseen consequences . Will the dam hold ?
Just so you know, you are absolutely able to fly your drone over any part of this as long as the AIRSPACE is not restricted. The security dude has no idea what he’s talking about. Just go and fly! Your footage is great! And legal!
@@derekcox6531 thanks. I was well aware of the drone rules. He never said i could not. He said he was not sure. I have always found it easier to just leave than argue. What got me is what the heck was needing a security guard by the Halfway Bridge.
Maybe the security guy was saying that because of the proximity to the airport. The dam is quite close but not in the control zone of the airport, but you'd definitely be breaking laws if you went into the control zone.
@@pull_pitch6012 He just was not up on drones. It happens all the time. Halfway bridge is well outside of Class E territory. He did say he was not sure and did not really want me to fly it from there. Easier to leave than argue.
@@rongibson6281 I'm referring to the Class D control zone that surrounds the airport. It's a 5NM radius circle around the airport where it's illegal to fly a drone. That location that you were filming is 1NM outside of that control zone perimeter, so quite close (but definitely not illegal, just saying it's close)
@@pull_pitch6012 I never flew near the dam. I mentioned that in the video. I was flying about 25 km from the Ft St John airport and even more from Hudson Hope Airport.
Drove that section of highway hundreds of times while working in the oil and gas industry hauling waste from driving rigs, sometimes 3-4 times a day. Amaszing how much has changed since 2020 when I left.
From Alberta, thanks for your videos. I used to work up at Fort St John back when Site C was just getting started. Wanted to get back to see the changes. Your videos are impressive!
@@philgoldsney5951 Thank you. What a change already.
Well done Ron, thank you. I am surprised at how much timber is still in the valley and how much has already been captured at the dam, quite a mess to deal with.
Thanks. I hear they have plans of a small chipng mill to clean it up.
I live in Vancouver so I thank you very much for sharing this because if not for this video it would probably be something I would forget was going on so far away from me.
Nice shots Ron! Thankyou for sharing your time and energy with us!! Now seeing this video makes me regret not driving up there to at least see the valley and be somewhere that will now be under an unfathomable amount of water! A historical event for sure!!
@@davidhick4303 Thanks. I have been driving up and down that road for the last 4 years just to record the old look.
My son is working at the Site C project and texted me 2 weeks ago or so to tell me they were starting to fill it. He also said they had done a start up on one of the huge turbines. He said he could feel it as they ran it up to 150% ( which they will probably never run it at again ). Thanks for your video, now I can put some visual to his explanation of how and where he’s working.
@@Zeek800 glad you liked it. Hard to wait for the next 2 month fill video. The reservoir just gets bigger and bigger every time I drive out there.
Incredible watching the history from Bennet to now. Worked & travelled there since the 70s
@@timmcdaniel5720 thanks. History in the making is why I am doing this. I am fascinated by the whole thing.
You are documenting history being made. Thanks and congratulations.
If you're looking for ideas for shots, it would be great to see close up before and after views of small areas. Your drone provides access behind the locked gates.
Thanks, I do listen to all ideas. I have started on the 2 month fill video. I have adapted 2 in it already. The year date and the actual location. I have a format for the next one, But I may do a last one syncing a split screen of before fill and after full. Thanks for input.
I grew up in Fort St John. Spent many days out on this section of the river with my family fishing. Some of my fondest memories of growing up there. It was one of the nicest sections of river in the area. Definitely a shame that it is now lost forever. I know we need power and all but we have a huge country with lots of rivers. Fortunately I live in the south now and don't have to be around to witness this disaster.
Excellent video. Glad someone captured the filling.
Glad you enjoyed it
Cool stuff! I have a good picture of the old Halfway bridge on Sept. 7th, the evening before it went under. I'm in Hudson's Hope and can't wait for this new playground to open! Yes, it's fish habitat and I was hoping it was a marina. Yes it was a gravel pit but the endgame was fish habitat.
@@raywagner8016 Thanks for the info. No wonder I was getting mixed info
@@rongibson6281 I was trying to get in there when they were pulling the gravel out. They went right down to the bedrock. I wanted to pan some of it because that was the first time any area of the Peace River was down to bedrock but couldn't get in there. The reclamation was the fish habitat requirement.
Funny story but my buddy from Kelowna and I are into Mopars. He came across your video from a couple years ago. You had some impressive stuff! My buddy owns #3 of the 2 known '67 Hemi Chargers in Mauve. Look up Pile O Mopars if you wnat to see some cool stuff. I'm into Fargos myself these days.
Most interesting, thanks for sharing from Vancouver island 👍
thanks.
We live on the Beechwood Dam head pond in New Brunswick the water is over 50 ft deep in places, it can change levels from being full to being down or up by 8 ft over night, mostly because of incoming thunderstorms level control. NB Power did lots of river bank rip rap to prevent erosion but after 70 years the banks have slide down in many places and no maintenance to dredge it has happened in decades. Hope this dam sees better maintenance.
Thanks for sharing Ron, I have been meaning to get out there to see before fill and after….. great video.
You will probably love the new look.
We stopped in for a look early Sept. Sure is alot of trees already piling up. Good footage
Nice job on the flying and editing! Looking forward to seeing the reservoir when full!
Thank you
Thank you so much for the video. It's pretty amazing to see.
Thanks. It is amazing for sure
The country up there is so insanely beautify. Time for another walk about next year. Thank you.
The new lake looks lovely already
Thanks for a great video of this event, Cheers
Thanks. I hope the great grand kids at least watch it down the road. I enjoyed doing it so far. lots of drives to Hudson Hope to watch all the progress
Great stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very cool, thanks for documenting this. From the Okanagan.
Thanks.
Thanks for sharing - did some work in the area the past year curious to see the fully filled resvoir
I will be filming that as well
Wow such devastation, but imagine the fishing!
Thanks for the hard work, really cool to see the progress in nice little clips. Was up there before the work got started, so cool to see the difference now.
@@a_trauma_llama2991 Thanks. Will be doing a 2 month mark. Video
I’m surprised to see the basin wasn’t logged prior to filling. I thought we had learned our lesson around that from the construction of the Kenny Dam on the Nechako River in the 1950’s as part of the Alcan project in Kitimat. More than 70 years later they are still working to remove dead submerged standing trees using expensive and difficult underwater logging methods.
Bridge River dams, too. Still a mess.
They did at least log most of the economically profitable timber during construction.
If I remember correctly they had cut down a couple few trees that had active eagle nests on them! The eagles said heck with that and rebuilt on trees a little ways a way and those got cut down too!
Great video ,congrats my friend!
Thank You
Been a while since I was through that way.. I will certainly have to go have a look again.. Pretty sure in time it will become a great recreation area but in the mean time not so much.
Hi Ron. Nicely done. Take care
Hi Dave This has gone crazy. 40,000 views in less than a week. I loved following the progress. Already started on the 2 month fill up video. Thanks for watching.
This video and others will be valuable for future court cases when the surrounding lands start to slip into the reservoir due to water table changes. Already had many slides during construction from water table changes due to Fracking ponds. Expecting to see a never ending dredging program going in a few years.
Latest geological study of the Peace River Valley shows that it took hundreds of years to stabilize the clay crust, which only a few feet thick if that in many places!
Thanks for an informative video.
I was wondering how Site C was doing.
Big change right from the dam to Hudson Hope.
Very interesting to see. I used to drive through there all the time for work, but moved away and haven't been through since 2019. I think they were just starting the Cache Creek bridge construction then. I was hoping to see how much was left of the big curve in the road where it goes over Ferrell Creek, but I suppose that's probably all under water now. The old road sections should make for at least a couple good boat ramps once its filled though.
Found a good picture showing it but cant figure out how to copy and paste it. There is no curve now. It comes straight across and almost parallel to the sharp curve.
OK If you look at the video at the 9:36 mark That is the old bridge on the right hand side almost going under the new bridge.
@@rongibson6281yup, the old road curves under the new bridge, and you can just see the old bridge on the other side. I don't know why, but I always hated that corner. Probably because the radius got tighter as you climbed the hill on the other side, or at least it seemed that way to me. The whole route is probably a lot straighter now. It used to be a fun road on a motorcycle or sports car, but not so much in a work truck. I watched the video again on a bigger screen, and some of the old road is still above water on the far side of the Ferrell Creek bridge, climbing up the hill.
Great vid, Ron. Looking forward to seeing more!
@@thomass2935 Thanks. Will do another in a month or so
Good idea to film for prosperity Thanks Ron
I heard they can't even use the ferry at the La Crete crossing because of the low water on the Peace.
Thanks for the video.
Good job but it makes me sad to see what our government has done.
Great video. I different kind of beautiful
Glad you liked it
I was surprised the water is backed up to nearly Hudson's Hope. I thought the reservoir was only going up to the Half way river.
Thank you for recording this transition.
I lived up there for 2 decades and I was impressed with the beauty of this region which was just teeming with wildlife of all types, this was as late as 2012 I must’ve hit about 20 deer diving trucks and my car that’s how abundant Peace region was, today it’s all gone there’s nothing, industrializing the Peace has killed all the animals, can we be far behind?The last PM had the word Environment removed from every government document, the dam builder’s LAVOLIN are notorious for bribing politicians and leaving environmental catastrophes behind them when they leave, for some strange reason they seem to the choice of Canadian politicians throughout Canada
I remember years ago speaking to an older gentleman who used to work for BC Hydro and he said that the weight of dams can crack the surface of the earth. We seem to affect the earth so much with what we do.........
Are there provisions for fish and aquatic flora and fauna to transit up or down stream, maintaining ecological connectivity of the watershed? What are the provisions for waste wood and vegetation that will produce methane if left to decay in the watercourse?
Pretty cool. Im amazed they left so many trees and didn't log them out!? Don't they eventually let loose then start to torpedo up and shoot out of the water?
Wow. Haven’t seen this since June 83. We surveyed E/W elevations
Amazing how fast the water can be stored.
They claim it will be full in 2 to 4 months. This part filled so fast
I wonder when dawson will put in a pipeline to pull water from site c to have secure water resource
Excellent. Thank you.
Very cool shots. 👍👍
Thank you
Is the new highway faster to travel from place to place now? Thanks for sharing the new dam.
@@randydyck9353 not sure if its any faster but a much nicer drive now
Yes it is! It’s most definitely worth the drive!
I thought that it was a low fly zone! Site C look out point has a NO drone flying signs all over. Drone footage was nice but the drive is more worth it! There is about 6 different spots were u can over look the river n see where the sore lines were. The gravel pit area is where they were working out of n park their vehicles,There was some camp shakes too, my husband was there doing windshields n a couple of door glass. BC Hydro should of got all the wood cut up n donated to campsite or anyone needing wood instead of just leaving it! Now they need to put in a couple of nice campsites for the one that they closed down! There is a museum just before u cross the first bridge n they sell corn too, very well kept place. It’s about a 50 min drive to Hudson Hope n the scenery n wildlife are worth it. Thanx for sharing the video n hi fr FSJ.
So much for logging the reservoir right after the work on Site C started. It looks like this reservoir will end up just like Williston lake with mercury poisoning from the dead trees and dead heads popping up for the next 50 years or so. They should have done another logging spree.
Nice presentation.
Are they just letting the old bridge get submerged?
@@christhelonewolf746 Yep. It already has scuba divers excited as a great dive spot.
The security guard is wrong.
As long as the airspace isnt restricted for helicopters or planes....drone away.
Historical footage.
Keep up the good work.
The shot I wanted was when the old Halfway Bridge was just underwater. The day I was there the surface and railing was still out of the water. I could not make it back next 2 or 3 days so missed the shot I wanted anyway. When I did get out next it was underwater.
Thank you so much
You're most welcome
Wouldn't it have been worth it to clear all the trees down there before flooding it?
I can't believe that they didn't clear all the trees in the flood area. Years from now, they'll keep popping up and plugging the dam gates and the overflows.
EPIC!! Thanks for sharing!
@@CatCrazyFamily thanks
Very historic video, thanks.
How are they planning to deal with all the lumber that's accumulating at the dam
extracted by long reach excavators to be ground up/processed.
@@grahamstuart9164 they are going to use long log pickers to pluck them out and then grind them up. With Canfor closing down in January maybe a bunch of new jobs can be created there. It will take time for sure
be cool to get some side by sides in the video showing before and after. thanks for posting
Thinking of that in the 2 month update .
@@rongibson6281looking forward to seeing that.
Well done. Thank you for sharing :-)
thanks for sharing :)
Thanks for watching!
Anybody know when they are projecting 1st spin of a turbine?
@@iansimpson7058 I have heard early 2025. No confirmation on that yet.
What's with all the lumber in the river??
@@greghoar9374 logged if some of te land to be flooded but looks like a lot was left behind to float down. Not sure thou.
This happens with every new dam
Thanks for sharing
Security guard is just on a power trip, there are absolutely no restrictions in the airspace above site C.
Thank you.
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Are they gonna clean up all the debris?
I believe they are going to capture the floating stuff and chip it up.
Thanks.
What is site C? Where is this?
a dam in northern BC
Site C is a 3rd dam on the Peace River in Northeastern British Columbia between Hudson’s Hope and Fort St John.
I am in Minnesota so I have no clue where the Dam thing is.
@@40yeartrucker25 North East B C Canada
I will correct that in the 2 month fill video. Also will show the year behind the date for future viewers
Good Video!
What about us who live downstream of this dam? Lowest water levels ever
Not for long
Once the reservoir is filled then the flow rate will return to normal.
Are you Professor Ron Gibson from Goldenwest?
@@Horsefingerandthetaintwrights no. In in British Columbia
@rongibson6281 thanks for the reply. The other Ron Gibson was my favorite geology teacher and mentor in So Cal. You have a similar personality.
Cheers from Pie Town NM USA.
This is one for the archives. Can't believe they didn't log the valley bottom, and perimeter. Those snags will be a problem for the next century.
When will Site C be operational? Information is as scarce as hen's teeth
One of the comments above said his son works there and they ran water through one of the turbines, for testing.
@@rongibson6281 Thanks. Official anything is non existent.
No drone zone...but see drone blades???
...but thanks for the history saving!!
@@davidhardwicke6930 only the fenced Dam view point area is drone restricted. The 70 kilometre reservoir area is not restricted.
Those bridges have awfully thin pillars, especially for use in a river.
LOTS OF FIRE WOOD FLOATING
The worlds best engineers were all in agreement about not building this dam at this location because of unstable footing ( shale ) is compacted mud and ill suited to withstand the pressure, it’s already been subjected to an earthquake, thanks to nearby fracking.
If they want to go fully electric going to need 20 more projects like this.
its ok in a hundred years time the lake will get drained and everyone will be scratching their heads about the gravel pit and what it was for
All that agricultural land drowned. I don't have a problem with it, bit I do have a problem with the hypocrisy of those who did this constantly attacking small ALR landholders. As withost things, when the urban demographic wants something, all the rules get thrown out.
I guess they have to build this dam to power up all these electric cars to save the 🌎
Having watched the ex CEO of Google it would seem his view is the energy from Canadian Dams is going to used for Server farms, not electric cars. He was implying that they would buy electricity from Canadian Dams, while I was thinking it takes decades to have a dam approval and he is nuts.
This dam has one purpose, to power LNG compressors on the coast.
sadly it is technically more efficient then ICE cars, hybrids are the best option for efficiency and reliability. they can also act as a back up generator!
All the eco friendly BS is to justify cost... more scamming people to fix the world.
in the end its about cost to the user and maker. the environmental aspect is just another marketing gimmick. if companies gave a damn things would break so much.
LNG Canada in Kitimat is going to be using most of this power. You might recall, shortly after the start of this project a new power consumption assessment was done. At that time it was deemed to be excess power due negative growth and Alberta rejection of BC power, so LNG was given the green light!
@@edwardday6754 never have enough electricity
Time to start building 3 more to power the electric grid for all the electric cars.$$$
Site D here we come.
I worked ther that is all
Next Site D and Site E dams…
Well, site D has extremely poor access that's why it was postponed/ discarded.
Well, site D has extremely poor access that's why it was postponed/ discarded.
Maybe explain where this reservoir is and give some back story next time. Without context, this is just video of a random reservoir.
OK. Thanks. It is at Ft St John. B. C. Canada
site C dam is the name of the reservoir,
It's in Uranus.
@@christopherleblanc9599 as far as I know the reservoir has not been named yet.
I understand your point but he’s just providing good visuals of a massive project that many people in western Canada already know of, but for some reason this project has been kind of kept low profile, even the filling of the reservoir, probably because of potential public protest. Either way the title says enough for you to do a simple search and watch plenty of videos explaining what the site C dam is. His video is not to educate you, it is for you to appreciate the scale of water and its historical change on the landscape.
Such a destructive project for minimal power generation. Has the shilt turned to mud yet?
All that fish habitat and food growing land gone so urbanites can run their AC.
I presume you'll be disconnecting your house from the grid then ? Please keep your uninformed comments to yourself.
Actually it’s creating tons of great fish habitat, and the food zone is quite narrow, so not as much farm land lost as you would think
Flood zone
Yep don't dig up any coal because bad, but let's flood a bunch of land because progress, meanwhile the coal is still being dug up and sold to China 😂
8 billion over budget
The province has decided we will no longer be allowed to heat our homes with LPG or run our autos on petroleum the city announced last week. Wonder if the new party will change that? Or much else.
I’ve been hauling tractor sand in that area for the last couple of years and I’m not sure I agree with this. I’m disappointed with humanity.
WHY NO DRONES BS
@@lenkop487 just over the actual Dam site are they prohibited. A very busy activity site. Many helicopters in and out I am sure.
Thanks, $19Bn of debt and, massive destruction, today you can use floating 18 megawatt wind turbines that are usable on the BC Pacific coast shelf, couple them with the gigawatt lithium battery farms already deployed around the world. The sick joke is the LNG plants, the very reason for Sight C are located on the coast. No bridges, no massive grid pylons, no destruction. Probably would have cost under a billion too.
Nothing like destroying good old mother nature. Oh well maybe it will come in handy for putting out forest fires, and maybe ducks and geese will use it possibly other wildlife as well.
The ever elusive tesla will use it too
It’s not destroying Mother Nature,it’s changing one part of that area. Let’s be real,when ‘Mother Nature’ has had enough of humanity,she will shake us off like a dog shakes off a bad case of fleas.