CGRG Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology
Search Results
Author : Halliday, R.A.
Date : 2007.
Title : Current meter rating in western Canada.
Publication : Canadian Water Resources Journal
Issue : 32(2):
Page(s) : 149-160.
Abstract
Irrigation development in western Canada over 100 years ago led to a significant water dispute with the United States and contributed to the negotiation of the Boundary Waters Treaty and the creation of the International Joint Commission. Demands for streamflow data for the administration of international water apportionment and for hydroelectric power development provided the impetus for the establishment of a hydrometric service in 1908. One of the early initiatives of that service was the establishment of a current meter rating station in Calgary in 1911. The station, with its dependence on then state-of-the-art electromechanical devices, was an important factor in western economic development. This illustrated paper describes the early development of the station.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology