Headline history: Dodd Narrows was considered for a tidal-energy project

Dodd Narrows, the 55 to 80 metre-wide channel separating Vancouver Island and Mudge Island at the end of the Cable Bay Trail, was once considered for a tidal-energy project.
The channel acts as a funnel for ocean tides, and water speeds can reach up to nine knots in the channel during peak flows.
In 2011, Tony Irwin, head of what was Western Tidal Power Ltd., saw the potential in the tidal energy in the channel, and began exploring the possibility of harnessing the energy and directing it into t