What is the Columbia River Treaty Uncovery Tour project?
During the B.C. government’s local consultations between 2012 and 2019, Columbia Basin residents and Indigenous people asked that the impacts resulting from the Columbia Basin Treaty (CRT) dams be acknowledged.
The CRT Uncovery Tour is a heritage touring route linking a series of commemorative elements that will conserve, honor, and convey the Indigenous and non-Indigenous stories of loss and resilience as valleys behind the Treaty dams filled with water and surrounding ecosystems struggled to adapt.
Phase 1 (2021-24) will include the development of commemorative elements in select locations, marking the north, south, east and west of the heritage touring route.
Phase 1:
a. engagement, design, content development, project selection and funding.
b. creating the elements and launching the touring route.
c. building a virtual map of the tour
Additional phases will be added as funding allows. The goal is to capture, preserve, and present the significant heritage values and associated stories that are important to communities affected by the CRT, culminating in a comprehensive touring route with the ability to continue to grow and evolve over time.
Photo Above: Burton townsite, Arrow Lakes reservoir 2015. Photo courtesy of Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
The CRT Uncovery Tour is a heritage touring route linking a series of commemorative elements that will conserve, honor, and convey the Indigenous and non-Indigenous stories of loss and resilience as valleys behind the Treaty dams filled with water and surrounding ecosystems struggled to adapt.
Phase 1 (2021-24) will include the development of commemorative elements in select locations, marking the north, south, east and west of the heritage touring route.
Phase 1:
a. engagement, design, content development, project selection and funding.
b. creating the elements and launching the touring route.
c. building a virtual map of the tour
Additional phases will be added as funding allows. The goal is to capture, preserve, and present the significant heritage values and associated stories that are important to communities affected by the CRT, culminating in a comprehensive touring route with the ability to continue to grow and evolve over time.
Photo Above: Burton townsite, Arrow Lakes reservoir 2015. Photo courtesy of Eileen Delehanty Pearkes