Maybe it is something that has been raised before, but I was wondering why there was never a secondary site recommended for the Gateway project. Kitamat has so many barriers, with small and large islands in the inlet, and the Great Bear rainforest to the south. It was always doomed to be held up by environmental concerns.
North of Prince Rupert, there is another inlet near Georgetown, with both sides owned by Canada, although the Alaskan border is very close. Many of these environmental concerns would be eliminated by a change of location.
The obvious downside of Georgetown is that there is no rail service, or major roadway, but it's not exactly that far out from Prince Rupert that these things could not be built.
Why Kitamat or die?
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