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which passes through the heart of the
Gitga’at people’s territory.
The route will require the massive
ships to maintain 12 to 19 knots through
hazardous waters in order to make several
turns greater than 90 degrees.
“It’s really interesting,” notes Wray,
“when they first put out the environmental
assessment and everyone had a chance to
look at the charts that they put out, this
chart here, they actually didn’t have that
island on it — they took the island out and
made it look a lot easier to navigate. They
didn’t get away with that for very long,”
she says with a wry grin.
Just as we complete our visit to the
station and jump back onboard the canoe
to paddle the seven kilometres back to Kiel,
a humpback whale surfaces a few hundred
metres away, a fitting salute to the tireless
work of the researchers at Whale Point.
Province-wide opposition
“I guess at the
back of my mind
I’m always smiling
a bit because I
know that once I
bring these students
up there, they
usually take off in
their own way.”
- Norm Hann
Opposition to the Enbridge project has
been spreading like wildfire across the
province — not only through the voices
of individuals, but also in the form of
municipalities taking a stand.
Take, for example, the Resort
Municipality of Whistler (RMOW).
At the RMOW council meeting held
on April 3, council passed a resolution
opposing the pipeline and Whistler Mayor
Nancy Wilhelm-Morden says it was an
extraordinary step for the municipality to
join in the debate.
“We don’t usually dabble in matters
outside of our mandate,” she said, “but
because we are in the tourism business,
we are absolutely dependent upon the
pristine nature of our environment. And
it’s not just Whistler’s environment, but
British Columbia’s environment. British
Columbia is marketed internationally
as ‘Super Natural B.C.’ ... and if it is
marred significantly in any way that affects
everybody in the tourism game.”
She went on to say that as a result of
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