"HARTLEY BAY, B.C. -- The Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay has reported an oil spill between two and five miles long in the Grenville Channel, not far from the tanker route for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline."
"The village of Hartley Bay, located at the confluence of Grenville and Douglas Channels, is 630 kilometers (390 miles) north of Vancouver. The isolated village, home to 180 people, is reachable only by air or water.
Just 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Hartley Bay at the head of the narrow Douglas Channel lies the Port of Kitimat, terminus of the proposed Enbridge pipeline. There, crude oil from the Alberta tar sands would be loaded onto tankers and shipped to China and other Asian countries.
The spill was spotted by a commercial pilot from Inland Air Charters and reported to the Gitga'at Nation and the Canadian Coast Guard on Tuesday."
Environment News Service had the story May 3, 2012.
