Tag: Tobique Narrows Dam

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FOLKS!!!

EXACTLY 2 years ago, the tortured currents of the River Saint John last raised its majestic waters in protest of human intervention and progress! With her watershed now “robbed” of forested woodland and her flow to the sea “tamed” by concrete dams, she has raised her wrath in the...

From the Editor…

AH! Spring has officially sprung. And this year the weather and temperatures are much more like normal, that is, frozen and cold, so it appears, so far, that there is no flood danger this year. This is of course a huge relief for the citizens of Perth-Andover. But, naturally...

New Brunswick’s Electrical Odyssey

Mark Connell graciously granted us permission to reprint this essay. Originally published in 1998, the devastating environmental and economic effects of the NB Hydroelectric system described in this essay are even more obvious and pronounced today. It is time to reclaim our river! Mark Connell April 1998 As a...