Kanaka Bar Indian Band to share revenue from the Kwoiek Creek Hydroelectric Project

A new agreement with the B.C. government will enable the
Kanaka Bar Indian Band to share revenue from the Kwoiek Creek Hydroelectric Project. The Kwoiek Creek Hydroelectric Project is a 49.9 mega-watt run-of-river project located 14 kilometres south of Lytton and west of Kanaka Bar on the lower reaches of Kwoiek Creek, a tributary to the Fraser River. The project includes a 71-kilometres long, 138-kilovolt transmission line to transmit electricity generated to the BC Hydro Highland Valley Substation near Mamit Lake. Once the project is operating at full capacity, it will provide enough hydro-electricity to power approximately 20,000 B.C. households. The Kanaka Bar Indian Band will share 50 per cent of the proceeds of the hydro project for the upcoming 40 years. The project created 250 construction jobs with 40 per cent of those jobs going to First Nations.