Grand Coulee Dam tour

Earlier this week, Canadian and American officals toured Grand Coulee Dam, an engineering marvel of the Great Depression that cut off salmon runs to the upper Columbia basin, including a large chunk of habitat in Canada. It was a fitting place for the Northwest Power Planning Council and the Columbia Basin Trust to pledge greater cooperation. Both groups work on dam mitigation in their respective countries.

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Tue., June 10, 2008

A group of Northwest Power Planning Council members and Canadian counterparts check out one of the turbines at Coulee Dam Monday, June 9, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review

Rajah Bose The Spokesman-Review
A group of Northwest Power Planning Council members and Canadian counterparts tour Coulee Dam Monday, June 9, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review

Rajah Bose The Spokesman-Review
A group of Northwest Power Planning Council members and their Canadian counterparts check out some of the turbines at Coulee Dam Monday, June 9, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review

Rajah Bose The Spokesman-Review
A group of Northwest Power Planning Council members and their Canadian counterparts tour through Coulee Dam. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review

Rajah Bose The Spokesman-Review
A group of Northwest Power Planning Council members and Canadian counterparts tour the inside of Coulee Dam Monday, June 9, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review

Rajah Bose The Spokesman-Review
Kindy Gosal and Waller Penner, both of Columbia Basin Trus, trade photos of one another beside the turbines inside Coulee Dam Monday, June 9, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review

Rajah Bose The Spokesman-Review
Bill Booth, center, Chairman of the Northwest Power Planning Council talks with the tour guide inside Coulee Dam Monday, June 9, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review

Rajah Bose The Spokesman-Review
Tours of Grand Coulee Dam start hourly from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the third powerhouse on the massive mile-long structure. Steve Thompson photo.