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Aerial view of the East Toba intake structure. (1)	Aerial view of the East Toba intake structure. (2)	Aerial view over the Montrose intake structure, looking down the valley. Water flows through the temporary diversion to the right in the photo.
Aerial view over the Montrose intake structure.	Aerial view over the Montrose intake structure. Looking upstream.	An aerial view over the East Toba Powerhouse and up the penstock alignment.
Concrete formwork in place at the Montrose intake structure.	Crews connecting ends of the conductor cable on the transmission line. (1)	Crews connecting ends of the conductor cable on the transmission line. (2)
East Toba powerhouse with backfill nearly complete. The mouth of the tailrace can be seen centre-front of the photo.	Head gate portal and transition structure to the penstock at the East Toba intake.	Inside, looking out through the transition structure.
Looking down the penstock to the East Toba powerhouse.	More rebar is swung on to the floor platform by crane and positioned by a Kiewit worker.	Positioning a penstock connection for welding.
Progress over the past few months on the East Toba powerhouse.	Rebar and channel ties ready for an abutting concrete wall to be formed and poured.	Rebar being tied within the powerhouse floor slab.
Rebar on the spillway at the East Toba intake.	Tack welding guides to the penstock in preparation for the next pipe section.	The concrete walls from the bottom of the spillway collector channel.
View from the East Toba Powerhouse up the penstock alignment.	A welder at the mouth of the penstock.	A worker ties some of the miles of re-bar.
Al and Gilbert of the Klahoose First Nation, hired by Plutonic Power for fieldwork in Summer 2005	All workers on site wear regulated safety equipment at all times, including high visibility vests, eye protection, gloves, CSA approved steel toe boots, long sleeves and pants.	And Still More Rebar
At top of photo, a riparian repair of old logging damage is visible. The upgraded, historic forestry road parallels the transmission line right-of-way which was cleared less than two years ago. The ROW is greening up well.	Barge at Low Tide	Barge Loading
Barge Loading	Barge Loading	Barge Loading
Barge Loading	Barge to Toba	Barge Towing
BC Hydro 2006 Call for Power Press Conference	BC Hydro 2006 Call for Power Press Conference	BC Hydro 2006 Call for Power Press Conference
Biurcation (green) and penstock (yellow) sections are carefully aligned by the crane operators for welding.	Bridge 1 Demo	Bridge container
Bridge Decks	Bruce Ripley presents at BC Chamber of Commerce Energy Summit	Careful planning of the transmission corridor allowed us to use existing logging access roads and pass through existing logging cuts. You can see a continuation of our transmission corridor cresting the ridge.
Chief Duane Hansen - Klahoose First Nation	Chief Duane Hanson and Bob Poore - Plutonic Power	Chief Duane Hanson and Bob Poore - Plutonic Power
Chief Duane Hanson and Donald McInnes - Klahoose Signing Ceremony March 2007	Chief Duane Hanson signing Agreement with Plutonic Power Corp.	Chief Walter Paul and Bob Poore
Chief Walter Paul and Bob Poore	Chief Walter Paul visits existing Hydro site	Chief Walter Paul visits existing Hydro site
Chief Walter Paul visits existing Hydro site	Chief Walter Paul visits existing Hydro site	Colin Dion of the Eldred Rivers Climbers Club/Camp and Keith Ainsley of Knight Piesold Consulting
Contractors are continuing to erect poles for the transmission line all along the corridor.	Culinary Camp Program Signing Jan 2008	Culinary Camp Program Signing Jan 2008
Donald McInnes at BC Hydro 2006 Call for Power Press Conference	Donald McInnes on the Bill Good Show July 28, 2006	Donald McInnes on the Bill Good Show July 28, 2006
Donald McInnes signing Agreement with Klahoose First Nation	East Toba powerhouse with penstock trench climbing the hill in the background. The East Toba River waterfall is seen top right.	East Toba powerhouse with turbine housing stage 2 slab in place. At top left, two cranes support the first penstock section being welded to the bifurcation (water splitter) section that enters the powerhouse.
East Toba River Temporary Diversion Around Intake Under Construction	East Toba River Temporary Diversion Around Intake Under Construction 2	Equipment load in first barge load
First Piece Off	Fixing up Ramp	Float Camp
Flying from the East Toba powerhouse up to the intake, the completed penstock sections can be seen in the trench awaiting cover.	Formwork for the transition section from the East Toba diversion into the penstock.	Gravel Yard at Montrose
Grumman Goose Trip	Homathko-Southgate-Orford-Bear Fisheries Studies 1	Homathko-Southgate-Orford-Bear Fisheries Studies 2
Homathko-Southgate-Orford-Bear Fisheries Studies 3	Hugh Knectal of Keystone Environmental	In a few locations, steel structures are necessary to support the transmission line. They represent less than 1% of the transmission pole structures carrying the line.
In late July, the sun was out and temperatures were in the 30's C, so a few of the workers improvised some extra protection.	Keystone Staff and Helicopter Crew	Keystone Wildlife Research field crew with Al and Gilbert of the Klahoose First Nation: July 2005
Klahoose First Nation Presentation - June 19, 2006	Klahoose First Nation presentation June 19, 2006	Klahoose Helicopter Tour of Toba/Montrose Project - June 19, 2006
Klahoose Helicopter Tour of Toba/Montrose Project - June 19, 2006	Klahoose Leadership at Hydro Facility	Klahoose Leadership visits Mamquam Hydro Site
Klahoose Signing Ceremony	Klahoose Signing Ceremony	Klahoose Signing Ceremony
Kyle Simpson of Keystone Environmental	Looking north in the direction of the penstock alignment.	Marc Stachiw at BC Hydro 2006 Call for Power Press Conference
Montrose Powerhouse Site at Left With Penstock Face	NR Can - PCC ECO Energy Media Event - March 5, 2009	NR Can - PCC ECO Energy Media Event - March 5, 2009

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