Regions: North Slave Region, South Slave Region
Tags: water quality, mining impacts, fish habitat, soil, hydrology, wildlife, aquatic ecology, sediment quality, meteorology, ice, topography, mineralogy, terrestrial ecosystem, hydro-electric
| Principal Investigator: | Sharpe, Seßn (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13514 |
| Organization: | Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Northern Operations |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2003
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| Issued: | Jul 24, 2003 |
| Project Team: | R. Silver, |
Objective(s): This fieldwork is composed of baseline studies of aquatic, terrestrial and hydrology components for the Taltson River Hydro Power Supply Project with a potential corridor to Snap Lake Diamond Mine. This work will assess the possible effects of expanding the Taltson hydroelectric generation facilities to supply power to the Snap Lake Diamond Mine. To properly assess effects, data that may be collected includes: hydrology/ice issues, fish and fish habitat, wildlife and wildlife habitat, aquatic ecology/water and sediment quality, vegetation and ecology mapping, terrain, geology and soils, and meteorology. The Snap Lake Hydropower Supply Project is an upgrade and expansion of the existing hydroelectric generation facilities on the Taltson River at Twin Gorges, located approximately 60 km NE of Fort Smith. The expanded generation facilities would be connected to the Snap Lake mine site by a 465 km high voltage transmission line running eastwards from Twin Gorges around the eastern end of Great Slave Lake and then northward to the mine site.
