ABSTRACT
The government of British Columbia regarded the potentialities of the Peace River project as an instrument for the economic development of the interior. In the course of the protracted negotiations between the province and the federal government, the provincial authorities moved along with plans for the Peace River country. The negotiations to which Canada was committed, it should be observed, were for the purpose of achieving objectives that had been ruled outside the feasible range under policies governing during the original negotiations leading to the Treaty of 1961. In the United States, similarly, the circumstances that dominated the Treaty negotiations had changed considerably. During the second phase of negotiations culminating in the exchange of ratification, British Columbia had successfully accomplished its major objectives. The only gains in economy resulting from the second phase of negotiations were achieved through the use of superior financial resources.
