Hydro-electrical power played a key role in the early mining and smelting boom in southeastern British Columbia. The Business of Power tells the fascinating history of West Kootenay Power & Light, Cominco, and their 100+ year involvement in the development of electricity in the West Kootenays. 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, archival photos and including a time-line appendix of major hydro-electric equipment and technology from the late 1880s to now. Essential reading on the history of British Columbia.

History, 200 pp, 6 x 9, b/w photos and maps
ISBN 1-55039-081-3, paper, $21.95