Caption
Creating this large reservoir might, in years to come, change the farming system of the area. Importing fresh fruits and vegetables may not be necessary as market gardening will be practicable in well-irrigated, smaller lots. A new era will thus begin for Canada's wheat province.
Release Date
January 5, 1960
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
The detonation of a half-ton of dynamite shattered the quiet of the Saskatchewan prairies on May 27, 1959 and boomed the news that Canada had embarked on her greatest irrigation project. Construction of the huge South Saskatchewan dam compares in magnitude to the just completed St. Lawrence Seaway and its effect upon Canada's economy promises to assume gigantic proportions. The plans call for the building of an earth dam 8,500 feet long and 205 feet high to create a lake in the prairies 140 miles long. This reservoir will irrigate nearly a half million acres of land and provide the source for the generation of 475 million kwh for domestic, farm and industrial use.
Accession Number
LAC-NFB91296
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177259
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
To carry out the irrigation project 500 miles of main canals and laterals and 12 pumping stations will be built. It is expected that the reservoir will take from two to three years to fill in order to avoid disrupting the important flow of water to cities downstream. Plans call for a roadway on the 60 foot wide crest and provisions have been made for a railway to cross the dam. The reservoir will impound 8,400,000 acre-feet of water, of which 2,650,000 acre-feet will be in storage for irrigation purposes.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90262
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177188
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Earth fillers will move an estimated 57 million cubic yards of fill for the dam. Nearly a million cubic yards of concrete will be used and to prevent seepage a 1,200 foot blanket, varying in thickness from 10 to 34 feet, will be constructed on the river bed.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90274
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177191
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The first place to feel the impact of this huge venture has been the town of Outlook, near the damsite. This typical scene shows architect E. J. McCudden studying plans of a new telephone exchange. Housing projects and shopping facilities are being completed at a fast pace.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90261
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177187
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Once the dam has been filled with water it is expected to create a vast vacation and tourist land. Two experienced hunters who agree that the construction of such dams in the U.S.A. has increased every type of game, are on their way to a Hungarian Partridge hunt.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90266
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177190
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #243: Water, Saskatchewan's New Wealth
Photographers
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Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
January 5, 1960
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Creating this large reservoir might, in years to come, change the farming system of the area. Importing fresh fruits and vegetables may not be necessary as market gardening will be practicable in well-irrigated, smaller lots. A new era will thus begin for Canada's wheat province.
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