Toba River (British Columbia)

The Toba River is a river in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Also referred to as the East Toba river. Its drainage basin is 1,759 square kilometres (679 sq mi) in size.[3]

Toba River
Toba River (British Columbia) is located in British Columbia
Toba River (British Columbia)
Mouth of Toba River
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictRange 1 Coast Land District
Physical characteristics
SourceToba Glacier
 • locationCoast Mountains
MouthToba Inlet
 • location
Sunshine Coast
 • coordinates
50°29′17″N 124°21′57″W / 50.48806°N 124.36583°W / 50.48806; -124.36583[1]
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)[2]
Basin size1,759 km2 (679 sq mi)[3]

Course

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The Toba River originates in the Coast Mountains and flows generally southwest from Toba Glacier to the head of Toba Inlet.[1]

Toba Montrose

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In 2004 development of a 235 MW run of river energy project began on East Toba River. The $660 million project is funded and operated through a private loan from a partnership of lenders led by Manulife Financial Canada. Plutonic Power Corporation and GE Energy also referred to as the Toba Montrose General Partnership are the main stakeholders in the project .[2] Construction is overseen by the Kiewit Corporation in partnership with the Sliammon and K'ómoks First Nation Territory Agreement.[4] On 7 March 2011, it was announced that Magma Energy and Plutonic Power will merge to create Alterra Power Corp.[5] The Toba Montrose Project was in operation in August 2010.[6]

Upper Toba Valley

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Toba River". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
  3. ^ a b Gazetteer of Canada. Vol. British Columbia. Canadian Board on Geographic Names. 1953. pp. xv.
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ "Join News Mar 07, 2011 Magma Energy Corp and Plutonic Power Corporation to Merge and Create Alterra Power Corp". CNW. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)