June 3, 2026 · 9:09 PM

The Water Plan That Almost Remade a Continent

In 1961, engineer Ralph Parsons proposed NAWAPA — 369 dams and canals to redirect every major river in North America. Congress held hearings. Canada almost agreed. Then the money, the politics, and the man all ran out.

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