Norm Hann Paddle Boards Proposed Tanker Route
On Saturday, May 8th, Norm Hann of Squamish BC embarked on a 385 kilometre journey to help raise awareness about the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal and the irreparable damage that it will cause. This mega development would see a dual 1,170 km pipeline carrying over half a million barrels of crude oil from the Alberta tarsands to Kitimat, where Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC’s) would be loaded and shipped to Asian markets. BC’s Great Bear Rainforest would see 225 oil tankers per year.
Just under one year after Ali Howard swam the entire 610 km length of the Skeena River to raise awareness about Coal-bed Methane development in the Sacred Headwaters, Norm sets out on a familiar journey to do the same.
Norm will be travelling through very prominent and well known whale and orca migratory routes, rich salmon and bird migratory routes and of course through some of the BC coasts richest food harvesting territories of many coastal First Nations and non-First Nations alike.
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Stand Up 4 Great Bear Expedition 2010