Jeremy Mouat has written an earlier book on the history of the Kootenays, Roaring Days, as well as numerous articles for scholarly journals. Born on Saltspring Island, he now teaches history at Athabasca University in Alberta.

The Business of Power
Hydro Electricity in South Eastern British Columbia 1897-1997

The fascinating history of West Kootenay Power, Cominco and the 100+ year involvement in the development of electricity in South Eastern British Columbia. Rossland, Nelson, Grand Forks and Greenwood were the founding municipalities involved in the "power and light" advances and confrontations as electricity came to B.C. A fascinating history including political intrigue, murder, metalurgical mayhem and the progress that has made electricity a commodity now taken for granted. Fully illustrated with rare unseen, archival photos and including a time-line appendix of major hydro electric equipment and technology from the late 1880's to now. Hydro power played a key role in the early mining and smelting boom in the West Kootenay.

ISBN 1-55039-081-3, 200 pp, paper, 6" × 9", $21.95
October, B.C. History