Westcoast Pipeline

Westcoast Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia that brings natural gas south to Vancouver,BC and the Northwest Pipeline in the United States and east to TransCanada pipeline. Built in 1957 by Frank McMahon's Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., the 650-mile gas pipeline from Taylor in north-eastern British Columbia to the United States was Canada's first "big-inch" pipeline.

Since 2002, it has been owned by Duke Energy of Charlotte, North Carolina.

• List of North American natural gas pipelines

References

• December 27, 1954 TIME magazine article titled The Big Poker Game on Frank McMahon's plans for the Westcoast Transmission pipeline
• October 21, 1957 TIME magazine article titled Tycoon's Wing-Ding, a detailed account on Frank McMahon and the completion of the Westcoast Transmission pipeline