"We accept it as normal that people who have never been on the land, who have no history or connection to the country, may legally secure the right to come in and by the very nature of their enterprises leave in their wake a cultural and physical landscape utterly transformed and desecrated.......We take this as a given for it is the foundation of our system, the way commerce extracts value and profit in a resource-driven economy. But if you think about it, especially from the perspective of so many other cultures, touched and inspired by quite different visions of life and land, it appears to be a very odd and highly anomalous human behavior."
-Wade Davis in The Wayfinders

May 28, 2009

Romaine-2

According to HQ's timeline of constuction Romaine-2 will be built first. This dam will markedly reduce the flow in the third canyon diverting water through a 6km long tunnel for power generation that will rejoin the river at Bassin de Murailles. The map below can be seen full sized here-
Island at PK 92 just upstream of Romaine-2.
Looking downstream towards the future site of Romaine-2. The Spike (Certain Doom) located at PK 89 just downstream of the dam.
Looking downstream from above the Hawaii 5-0 rapid. It is located just above PK 87. The flow here is around 200cms on the CEHQ gage.
Looking upstream from PK 87. One of the many incredible places on the river.

At the top of Les Murailles. The large pool downstream is where the generating station will be and where the 6km diversion will rejoin the river. This is at PK 84.

Standing at PK 84 looking upstream at Les Murailles.

Maybe with less water this rapid will have a more convincing line?

The bottom of Les Murailles. A couple of large holes, a road to nowhere. The diversion tunnel and associated powerhouse will be constructed where the beach is on river right.

Posted by FredC

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