Images of Edmonton - Page 137

SHOFEAR · #**2721** Posted **Jun 24, 2014, 6:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by ExcaliburKid

Having rec property near a power plant isn't so bad. The Sundance plant at Wabamun has their drag line essentially across the range road (South) from where our family cabin is at South Seba and I can say definitively that we don't even notice that there's a monumentally large fully operational mine there.
Essentially no noise pollution, the odd time you can see the structure of the massive excavator.
If you weren't familiar with the geography and history around the lake, you'd have no idea there was a mine there.

If anyone is interested in seeing just how big the mine is, take a drive down Yellowhead and turn south onto Hwy 31 towards Tomahawk (about a 45 min drive from city limits) and prepare to be mind blown. Or google map it.

Great photos by the way!

We have the family cabin at Betula Beach, just down the road from South Seba. While most other large lakes in the province are drying up and being ruined by irresponsible agriculture, Wabamun is thriving. Having a coal mine within the watershed and having them responsible for pumping and treating the equivalent run off into the lake from the NS is a huge benefit.