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First responders in Hardee and DeSoto counties are focused on rescuing people who are trapped due to flooding from the Peace River. Water levels are so high the SR-64 bridge over the river was ...
Obsidian Energy Ltd. (previously known as Penn West Exploration Ltd., Penn West Petroleum and Penn West Energy Trust) is a mid-sized Canadian oil and natural gas production company based in Calgary, Alberta. For a while [when?] [specify] it was one of the S&P/TSX 60, the sixty largest companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Around 4,000 residents in Guerneville and neighboring communities were asked to evacuate on Tuesday, February 26.The river is expected to reach a flood level of 46.1 feet Wednesday by evening ...
Site C would flood an 83 km length of the Peace River valley, widening the river by up to three times, as well as a 10 km length of the Moberly River valley and 14 km of the Halfway River valley. The fourth proposed dam on the British Columbia segment of the Peace River, Site E, near the BC–Alberta border, was removed from the planning ...
The Laguna, whose principal tributary streams rise on the southern slopes of the Sonoma and Mayacamas Mountains, [4] is the largest tributary of Mark West Creek.The sinuous watercourse and associated wetlands form a significant floodplain during the heavy winter rains, capable of storing over 80,000 acre-feet (99,000,000 m 3) of stormwater.
Located in northwest-central Alberta, the Peace River oil sands deposit is the smallest of four large deposits of oil sands [1] of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin formation. [1] The Peace River oil sands lie, generally, in the watershed of the Peace River. The Peace River oil sands deposits are the smallest in the province.
The Peace River region is also an important centre of oil and natural gas production. There are also pulp and paper plants along the river in Alberta and British Columbia. The Grenfell was one of the vessels that shipped cargo on the Peace River. The Peace River has two navigable sections, separated by the Vermilion Chutes, near Fort Vermilion. [7]
The dam has been responsible for less drastic fluctuations in the water levels of the downstream portions of the Peace River, creating modifications to both the plants and animals in the region. In addition, it has also been blamed for creating changes in the landscapes of the Athabasca Lake and Peace River, known as the Athabasca Delta. [60]