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**The Lawspeaker** · 09-07-2020, 11:32 AM

On Sept. 16, 1964, Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, B.C. Premier W.A.C. Bennett, and U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ratified an international agreement between Canada and the United States known as the Columbia River Treaty to guide the management of water resources of the Columbia River Basin, provide economic development and help prevent major floods. “Action on the Columbia” was made by the information services of British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority to convey the benefits and effects of the Columbia River Treaty to the people of British Columbia. The film features spectacular aerial views of the upper Columbia River before the dams went in. In honor of the 50th anniversary of its signing, BC Hydro permitted BPA to include the film in this collection. The digital transfer was made from an original 16 mm color film print. Learn about other BPA films at: www.bpa.gov/goto/Films https://youtu.be/aEunAYdLo5I

**The Lawspeaker** · 09-07-2020, 12:46 PM

This film is a heritage item from Library and Archives Canada and is only available in English. A documentary made in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia on whaling. The film follows the industry from harpooning the whale to processing the blubber into oil. Source: Library and Archives Canada. Ernest Bolton fonds, 1975-0207, IDC 11233.

**The Lawspeaker** · 09-07-2020, 02:03 PM

This film is a heritage item from Library and Archives Canada and is only available in English. The film documents a canoe trip taken by F.R. Crawley and three male friends. A written note at the beginning of the film is dated August 30, 1936, Maniwaki. The film includes men at a campfire, paddling the canoe, visiting a lumber camp (shots of men grappling logs, the mess tent, on the river in a boat, the hull of a boat which shattered in rapids). Also, shots of the group camped at 31-mile Lake, waking, washing at the river, swimming, eating, portaging Indian-style. In the evening, the men again set up camp, cook dinner and play poker. Source: Library and Archives Canada. Crawley Films Limited fonds, 1983-0373, IDC 18660.

**The Lawspeaker** · 09-07-2020, 02:32 PM

Ontario Motion Picture Bureau Made by the Ontario government to show life in northern Ontario, this film features the use of dog sleds as a method of travel and transportation. The presentation of dog sleds and the recurring images of the teams in action would have been a novelty for many city audiences. Film shots include teams of husky dogs pulling a sled loaded with logs, and shots of men on sleds. IDC: 185638.

**The Lawspeaker** · 09-07-2020, 02:39 PM

One of Canada's national symbols: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police... a.k.a the Mounties.

**The Lawspeaker** · 09-07-2020, 02:43 PM

A Panorama or Panoramic rather than a documentary, a very popular attraction in Nickelodeons in the early days of film exhibition, in which scenes were filmed from the front of a moving vehicle, often a railway train.The film comprises street scenes filmed from the front of moving street cars and harbour scenes filmed from moving water craft. It is in three distinct parts: the streets of Victoria, Victoria Harbour, and the streets of Vancouver.Streets travelled in Victoria include Douglas Street, Yates Street, and Government Street. Seen are the Empress Hotel, where construction is nearing completion, the Parliament Buildings, the CPR piers and sheds, and Laurel Point. A few automobiles, numerous bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles, and other streetcars are in evidence.Seen from the water are Victoria's inner harbour with the ships of the sealing fleet tied side by side, the Point Ellice Bridge, The Gorge, and the Tillicum Bridge over the "Reversing Falls" with a prominent view of a rock which has since been blasted away, Selkirk Water and Halkett Island (also known as Island of the Dead), the Johnson Street Bridge with a steam hauled passenger train of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway crossing it, the factories of the British America Paint Company and the B.C. Soap Works at Laurel Point, the Pendray House, CPR ferries, and more views of the Parliament Buildings, the Empress Hotel, and the Customs House.Among the streets travelled in Vancouver are Granville Street, with a glimpse of the old CPR station, West Hastings Street, Carrall Street, West Cordova Street, Canbie Street, Robson Street, and Davie Street. Source: Library and Archives Canada. Australia National Film & Sound Archive fonds, 1994-0215, IDC 230348.

**The Lawspeaker** · 09-14-2020, 05:05 PM

Giant Mine sits near Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Once it was a productive gold mine, but after the gold ran out, the mining company went bankrupt and left the government to clean up the mess: enough arsenic trioxide dust to kill everyone on Earth. The solution: freezing it, at least for now. Thanks to all the team at the Giant Mine Remediation Project! More about them: http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100... There's an error in this video: I say "200,000 tonnes of gold", but that's actually 200,000kg. The 200,000 tonne figure is for arsenic dust. You can see all corrections for this channel at https://www.tomscott.com/corrections/ The history of Giant Mine and the local First Nation people, a story I'm not qualified to tell: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/c...