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End of the line.

Radley Park Campground, Kitimat BC (1 star)

Lee says today, literally, we visited the end of the line. The end of the Canada LNG pipeline from Edmonton and the terminal facility being built. News stories cannot portray the scale of construction at this site. There are 3,400 workers on site, most housed in huge on-site temporary housing blocks. It has the second largest LNG storage dome in the world. And four very complex structures are being built in China and shipped over. One of them was in port today aboard the heavy lift vessel XIANG RUI KOU.

And then next to this huge construction site sits one of the world's largest aluminum smelters. They employ about 1,200 workers and have been in business since 1954 (the reason Kitimat was founded). Huge bulk carriers come up the Douglas Inlet from the Pacific Ocean and unload aluminum ore at the plant. There were two bulk carriers in today.

When we arrived and set up, Lee noticed that we had forgotten to top up our fresh water tank and we were now in a campground without water on site. So today, to ensure we would not run out before leaving tomorrow, Lee hooked up our two 50 foot water hoses and ran them over to the water pipe that serves this part of the campground.

Two meters short! So, we gently pulled the Schooner two meters forward (with the slides still out) and topped up the tank. Then gently back and all was well.

LNG - Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas that has been cooled down to liquid form (-260 F or -162 C) for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport (WIKI). It is hard to imagine a pipeline of LNG being laid between Dawson Creek BC and Kitimat BC. The thousands of people employed - directly for pipeline placement to the people cooking for all those workers at various sites, the equipment makers and service providers.

And how would we live now without Aluminum Tin cans are no longer tin! Why don't we use tin anymore Aluminum is cheaper, lighter and recyclable. And it's processed here in Canada.

And so endith my science education for today.