Included below are galleries original to this website and others from related websites.
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When the Water Went Up
These images show the early days of hydro flooding. The
Northern Flood Committee—made up of five First Nations—
submitted these photos to the 1975 interchurch inquiry.
The written brief the photos are part of is found here. (The
photos in original context are here, here and here.)
These materials are from the United Church of Canada Archives.
The Image of Clean
The hydro industry works hard to portray hydropower as clean.
This gallery explores varying images of hydro.
Water, Spirit, Energy
A river can be measured in cubic feet per second, or it
can be measured in beauty, blessing and sacredness.
Historic Hydro (Dams) 
(A Manitoba Wildlands gallery)
Photos from 1913 to 1979 show scenes of some of the rapids
that were dammed and images of dam construction. This
gallery is on the Manitoba Wildlands website.
Historic Hydro (Communities)
(A Manitoba Wildlands gallery)
Photos dating back to 1870 show life in the northern communities
on the waterways used by Manitoba Hydro. Images of the signing
of the Northern Flood Agreement are also included in the gallery.
This gallery is on the Manitoba Wildlands website.
The Boreal Forest: Earth's Green Crown
(A Natural Resources Defense Council gallery, 2004)
This gallery shows images from across the Canadian boreal forest,
ending up in the hydro-impacted territory of the Pimicikamak Cree.
The gallery is on the website of the Natural Resources Defense
Council, an American environmental organization with over 300
staff and1.3 million members.
Cross Lake: Ailing Homeland
(A Mennonite Central Committee gallery, 2002)
The Pimicikamak Cree of Cross Lake live just downstream of the
Jenpeg Dam on the Nelson River system. This 2002 gallery depicts
the impacts of the hydro system on the Pimicikamak people and
their homeland. It has been updated slightly.
Green Green Water
(A Green Green Water gallery, 2005)
This gallery on the website of the Green Green Water documentary
shows hydro-related environmental impacts in the territory of the
Pimicikamak Cree.
Hydropower Struggle in Guatemala 
Mayan Ixhil indigenous people in Guatemala are battling an Italian-
based energy company that is building a hydro-electric dam on
ancestral lands. This gallery accompanies an article written by
Tobias Roberts, a Mennonite Central Committee worker in the region.
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