New Fibre Installation

Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation plans to install underground fiber optic cabling, for Internet purposes, to all residential homes in the following communities: Appledale, Baynes Lake, Blaeberry, Brandon, Burton, Caithness, Carrolls Landing, ?aqam First Nation reserve Cassimayooks (Mayook) 5, Castledale, Donald, East Arrow Park, Edgewood, Elko, Erie, Fauquier, Field, Forde, Fort Steele, Grasmere, Hall, Harrogate, Hills, Jersey, Kicking Horse, Kragmont, Lebahdo, Lemon Creek, Makinson, Mayook, Meadowbrook, Meadows, Moberly School Rd., Monroe Lake, Nelway, New Denver, Nicholson, Park Siding, Parson, Passmore, Perrys, Porto Rico, Red Mountain Rd, Roosville, Rosebery, Ross Spur, Salmo, Silverton, Skookumchuck, Slocan Park, Spillimacheen, Summit Lake, Sweetwater, Ta Ta Creek, Tobacco Plains 2, Vallican, Wardner, Winlaw, Ymir, Galloway and Slocan. The project involves the installation of approximately 300 km backbone fibre and last mile fibre of underground and aerial fiber optic cable along the roads of above mentioned communities.

The cable will be buried by directional drilling, trenching, or using existing conduits, or a combination of these methods in existing roadway alignments, but will be suspended on support structures to connect to residential homes and businesses.


Latest update

November 30, 2023 - The assessment decision statement has been issued to the proponent.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document Number Document Title File Date
2 Notice of Determination - November 29, 2023
1 Public Notice - New Fibre Installation - October 27, 2023

Contacts

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Emilie Tessier, Program Officer
235 Queen St
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5
Email: get-connected-branchez-vous@ised-isde.gc.ca


  • Location

    • Cassimayooks (Mayook) 5, Tobacco Plains 2, Yoho National Park Of Canada - Site 1 (British Columbia)
    • Cassimayooks (Mayook) 5, Tobacco Plains 2, Yoho National Park Of Canada - Site 2 (British Columbia)
    • Cassimayooks (Mayook) 5, Tobacco Plains 2, Yoho National Park Of Canada - Site 3 (British Columbia)
    • Cassimayooks (Mayook) 5, Tobacco Plains 2, Yoho National Park Of Canada - Site 4 (British Columbia)
    • Cassimayooks (Mayook) 5, Tobacco Plains 2, Yoho National Park Of Canada - Site 5 (British Columbia)
  • Nature of Activity

    • Other, not otherwise specified
  • Assessment Status

    Completed
  • Start Date

    2023-10-27
  • Proponent

    Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation
  • Authorities

    • Innovation, Science and Economic Development
  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands
  • Reference Number

    86043
Disclaimer

This map is for illustrative purposes. The markers represent the approximate locations based on available data. More than one marker may be identified for a given assessment.

 

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