Author: Earl K. Pollon and Shirlee Smith Matheson. Published by Detselig Enterprises Ltd., Calgary, Alberta. First Edition 1989, This is a 2nd Printing, 1990. RARE: Dedicated, Dated and Signed by one of the Authors; Shirlee Smith Matheson. Printed in Canada. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with some light handling. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 399 pages.
THIS WAS OUR VALLEY was a phenomenal success when first released in 1989, winning the Alberta Culture Nonfiction prize as well as the Silver medal for the Roderick-Haig Brown BC Books award. The original book award sticker is still on the front cover.
THIS WAS OUR VALLEY brought to light the changes wrought by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam that went online in 1967, from fluctuating water flow-levels to continued erosion of the banks, loss of forestry, damage to fish and wildlife habitats – effects that continue to be experienced today.
DID YOU KNOW? The W. A. C. Bennett Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Peace River in northern British Columbia, Canada. At 186 metres high, it is one of the world's highest earth fill dams. Construction of the dam began in 1961 and culminated in 1968.
