This is a record of the proposed Tenas Project open-pit coal mine; near the confluence of the Telkwa & Wetzinkwa (Bulkley) rivers, and the towns of Telkwa & Smithers, in British Columbia.
The proposed Telkwa Coal mine will be visible from almost everywhere in the Bulkley Valley, and irreversibly despoil our beautiful home. The 3D map below shows the visual impact of the pit, ponds, and access corridor from any vantage point on land or in air.
Open the map → Click, drag, and touch to pan, scroll, and zoom. Polygons are draft, traced from the proponent's site-plan figure.Have a photograph of the valley? Superimpose it on 3D terrain to see what the view would look like if the mine is built.
📷 Contribute a photograph →This site collects all documents in the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) public registry for the Tenas Coal project. The corpus includes proponent filings, public input, working-group meeting notes, regulator correspondence, and technical appendices.
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A slowly recovering population of thirty-three caribou live on Wet'suwet'en territory, in a range once covering thousands of square kilometers. The proposed Tenas mine footprint sits inside the provincially-designated recovery area.
Read the story →The Tenas Project would produce metallurgical coal for Asian blast furnaces. Meanwhile, hydrogen-reduced steel is already shipping commercially in Sweden, and the European carbon border adjustment takes effect in 2026.
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Contribute →The Tenas Project is a proposed coal mine about ten minutes south of the town of Telkwa, in Wet'suwet'en territory in
northwestern British Columbia. The proponent has filed under several
corporate names — most recently rebranded to Telkwa Mining
Corporation. The EAO file under
project ID 5b905af23965330024d5b706 follows the project
across those name changes.