The Tailings ponds in Alberta when combined are approximately 176 square kilometers.
Resources recoverable by surface mining are estimated to be 65 million barrels
Suncor's oil refinery plant
Bitumen is excavated by gigantic shovels and is placed in dump trucks that can carry up to 400 tons.
80% of Bitumen is too deep for Open Pit mining, In Situ and SAGD operations are the future of oil industry expansion.
The Port Of Kitimat, B.C is the end of the line for the Northern Gateway Project
In Queen Charlotte City, Haida Gwaii residents have posted signs in their opposition to Northern Gateway.
Famed Lyell Island Protester and Former Chief Counselor of the Haida First Nation, Guujaaw
Fishing Salmon and herring eggs is used to lighten the strain on pocket books, making up for the lack of income in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. This is an alternate economy.
For more you can find this article at http://www.theplaidzebra.com/northern-gateway-pipeline/
