The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

SEPTEMBER 19, I973 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 7 POWER FOR THE 1980s - Ontario Hydro will be seeking a site in Nor- hwestern Ontario over the next few months for y, second thermal generating station to serve the region in the I980s. The new station is part of the expansion program approved in prin-- ciple by the Ontario government and tabled in the legislature on June 7, along with the com= prehensive report on energy released by the Hon. Darcy McKeough, Ontario Minister of Ener- gy. : Hydro Chairman George Gathercole said the total program involves some $4 billion and in- cludes five new major generating stations acr- oss the province. Another part of the program affecting the region he said is the proposal of two additional units at the existing coal- fired Thunder Bay generating station. In commenting on the plan to establish a site for a new generating station Mr. Gather- cole said Hydro intends to follow a course of public participation in determining where the new plant with an initial capacity of 800, 000- kilowatts would be located. "as the first step in establishing a site for the new plant we will be holding public meetings in Thunder Bay in October. At the meetings Hydro personnel will outline the need for expansion of the system, the technical con- straints and other details which will be need- ed in order that the public can participate in the decision on the plant's location," he said Mr. Gathercole emphasized the fact that Hydro was committed to the principle of invol- ving the public in siting generating stations and transmission lines. He said that this pr- inciple is being followed in other parts of the province. "We want to give the public a voice in the determination and location of Hydro facilities We want to find locations which are acceptable from all points of view, including cost, to the community as a whole. But if the interes- ts of the community as a whole are to be ser- REMBER FURNITURE WAREHOUSE I20I W.Walsh Street Thunder Bay,Ont. (at end of Walsh St.,near Airport) NEW FURNITURE AT DISCOUNT PRICES Bedroom, Livingroom, Kitchen Furniture, Westinghouse Appliances, wall-to-Wall Boardloom, Motel Furniture and Bedding FREE DELIVERY in NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ved, it is imperative that representatives of the so-called silent majority speak out," he said. In broad outline, Mr. Gathercole said the ° new site would involve up to I,000 acres, be located along the Lake Superior shore relativ= ely close to Thunder Bay, the Northwest's centre of demand and would provide room for future expansion. He said that the station to be located on the site would probably be fossil-fuelled but could be nuclear. A sec- ond station could be located on the same site some time in the future to meet the needs of the latter part of the century. The fuel for a fossil plant, could be bit- uminous coal, lignite, natural gas or crude oil from Western Canada or coal from the Unit- ed States as presently used to fuel the exist- ing Thunder Bay unit. The two new units at the Thunder Bay site would be fuelled with lignite from Western canada. To accommodate this expansion the present Thunder Bay stat- jon property will need to be enlarged. Timing of construction of the additional units at Thunder Bay will be determined foll- owing negotiations with Manitoba Hydro to ex- tend the present contract for providing pow- er to Ontario. Construction of a generating station at the new site will be scheduled so that the station is ready to meet the growth in con- sumption of power in the region forecast for the next decade. ' co-operation is requested. PUBLIC NOTICE PUKASKWA NATIONAL PARK In co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, The Conservation Staff of this Park will be manning two check points on The boundary of the Park. These will be locat- ed on the Umbata and South Regan Roads. Our interest lies only with those who will be hunting within the boundaries of the Park and the data you supply will help us to assess our wildlife resources. Your A.D. Tremblay, Superintendent, Pukaskwa National Park