List of dams and reservoirs in Canada

This is a list of dams and water reservoirs in Canada.

Alberta
  • Bassano Dam
  • Bearspaw Dam
  • Bighorn Dam
  • Brazeau Dam
  • Cascade Dam
  • Dickson Dam
  • Ghost Dam
  • Glenmore Reservoir
  • Interlakes Dam
  • Milk River Ridge Reservoir
  • Old Man River Dam
  • Three Sisters Dam
  • Coal Lake Dam[1]
  • Wahleach Dam a.k.a. Jones Lake Dam (Wahleach Lake a.k.a. Jones Lake)

British Columbia
  • Brilliant Dam
  • Buntzen Lake Dam (Buntzen Lake)
  • Cleveland Dam (Capilano Lake)
  • Clowhom Dam (Clowhom Lake)
  • Comox Lake Dam, Puntledge River
  • Corra Linn Dam (Kootenay Lake)
  • Coquitlam Dam (Coquitlam Lake)
  • Daisy Lake Dam (Daisy Lake)
  • Duncan Dam (Duncan Lake)
  • Horseshoe Dam
  • Elk Falls Dam (Elk River)
  • John Hart Dam
  • Jordan River Diversion Dam
  • Hugh Keenleyside Dam (Arrow Lakes)
  • Kenney Dam (Nechako Reservoir)
  • Lajoie Dam (Downton Lake)
  • Lower Bonnington Dam
  • Mica Dam (Kinbasket Lake)
  • Ocean Falls Dam
  • Peace Canyon Dam
  • Powell River Dam (Powell Lake)
  • Revelstoke Dam (Lake Revelstoke)
  • Ruskin Dam (Hayward Lake)
  • Seton Canal (a.k.a. Lillooet Canal)
  • Seton Dam (Seton Lake)
  • Seven Mile Dam
  • Seymour Dam (Seymour River)
    • Seymour Falls Dam (Seymour River)
  • South Slocan Dam
  • Spillimacheen Dam
  • Stave Falls Dam (Stave Lake)
  • Terzaghi Dam a.k.a. Mission Dam (Carpenter Lake)
  • Theodosia Dam
  • Upper Bonnington Dam
  • W. A. C. Bennett Dam (Lake Williston)
  • Waneta Dam
  • Whatshan Dam

Manitoba
  • Grand Rapids Dam
  • Great Falls Dam
  • Jenpeg Dam
  • Kettle Dam
  • Keeyask Dam
  • Knapp Dam
  • Laurie River I Dam
  • Laurie River II Dam
  • Limestone Dam
  • Long Spruce Dam
  • McArthur Dam
  • Nelson River and Churchill Diversion
  • Rivers Dam
  • Pine Falls Dam
  • Pointe du Bois Dam
  • Seven Sisters Dam
  • Slave Falls Dam

New Brunswick
  • Beechwood Dam
  • Grand Falls Generating Station
  • Mactaquac Dam
  • Tinker Dam
  • Tobique Narrows Dam
  • Milltown Generation Station

Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Smallwood Reservoir, Churchill Falls generating station, largest capacity in North America (5,428 MW installed, expandable to 9,252 MW); the world's second-largest reservoir.
  • Ossokmanuan Reservoir, Twin Falls generating station (diverted to Churchill Falls)
  • Cat Arm Reservoir, Cat Arm Hydroelectric Generating Station
  • Star Lake, Star Lake generating station
  • Hinds Lake, Hinds Lake Hydroelectric Generating Station
  • Deer Lake, Deer Lake generating station
  • Paradise River Dam, Paradise River Hydroelectric Generating Station (the largest concrete arch dam in Eastern North America)
  • Grand Falls Dam, Exploits River generating station
  • Bishops Falls Dam, Bishops Falls generating station

Ontario

Large hydroelectric
  • Decew Falls 2 (Twelve Mile Creek)
  • Ontario Power (retired) (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck 1 (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck 2 (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck Pump-Generating Station (Niagara River) upgrade complete
  • Abitibi Canyon Generating Station (Abitibi River)
  • Harmon (Mattagami River)
  • Hound Chute (Montreal River)
  • Indian Chute (Montreal River)
  • Kipling (Mattagami River)
  • Little Long (Mattagami River)
  • Lower Notch (Montreal River)
  • Lower Sturgeon Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Matabitchuan (Montreal River)
  • Otter Rapids Generating Station (Abitibi River)
  • Sandy Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Smoky Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Wawaitin Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Aguasabon (Aguasabon River)
  • Alexander Falls (Nipigon River)
  • Cameron Falls (Nipigon River)
  • Caribou Falls (English River)
  • Ear Falls (English River)
  • Kakabeka Falls (Kaministiquia River)
  • Manitou Falls (English River)
  • Pine Portage (Nipigon River)
  • Silver Falls (Dog River)
  • Whitedog Falls (Winnipeg River)
  • Arnprior (Madawaska River)
  • Barrett Chute (Madawaska River)
  • Calabogie (Madawaska River)
  • Chats Falls Dam (Ottawa River)
  • Chenaux Station (Ottawa River)
  • Des Joachims (Ottawa River)
  • Mountain Chute (Madawaska River)
  • Otto Holden (Ottawa River)
  • R.H. Saunders (St. Lawrence River)
  • Stewartville (Madawaska River)
  • Baysville Dam, Baysville

Small Hydroelectric
  • Auburn (Otanabee River)
  • Big Chute (Severn River)
  • Big Eddy (Muskoka River)
  • Bingham Chute (South River)
  • Coniston (Wanapitei River)
  • Crystal Falls (Sturgeon River)
  • Fanshawe Dam (Thames River)

Non hydroelectric

Planned Upgrades or Projects
  • Umbata Falls Hydroelectric Project - Installed capacity of 23MW Q2 2008. This project in progress is a partnership of the Pic River First Nation and Innergex II Income Fund (on the White River, near Marathon).
  • Island Falls Hydroelectric Project - Installed capacity of 20 mW Q4 2009. Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. Location: Smooth Rock Falls.
  • Glen Miller Hydroelectric Project - Innergex II Income Fund (Trenton).

Hydroelectric generation under development
  • Little Long, Harmon, Kipling and Smoky Falls - 450MW
  • Lower Sturgeon, Sandy Falls and Wawaitin - 16MW
  • Mattagami Lake Dam - 5MW

Quebec

Saskatchewan
  • Arm Lake Dam (also known as Craik Dam)
  • Avonlea Dam
  • Boundary Dam
  • Blackstrap North Dam
  • Blackstrap South Dam
  • Bradwell East Dam
  • Bradwell West Dam
  • Brightwater Creek Dam
  • Broderick North Dam
  • Broderick West Dam
  • Buffalo Pound Dam
  • Candle Lake Dam
  • Chicken Lake Dam
  • Cowan Lake Dam
  • Craven Dam
  • Crooked Lake Dam
  • Darmody Dam
  • Dellwood Brook Dam
  • Duncairn Dam
  • E.B. Campbell Hydroelectric Station
  • Echo Lake Dam
  • Francois-Finlay Dam
  • Gardiner Dam
  • Grant Devine Dam
  • Island Falls Dam
  • Katepwa Dam
  • Kingsway Dam
  • Kipahigan Lake Dam
  • Lac la Plonge Dam
  • Lac la Ronge Dam
  • Makwa Lake Control
  • Moose Mountain Dam
  • Moosomin Dam
  • Opuntia Lake Control
  • Pike Lake Water Supply
  • Qu'Appelle River Dam
  • Rafferty Dam
  • Round Lake Dam
  • Scott Dam
  • Spruce River Dam
  • Star City Dam
  • Summercove Dam
  • Tee-Pee Creek Dam
  • Theodore Dam
  • Valeport Dam
  • Wascana Lake Weir
  • West Poplar Dam
  • Whitesand Dam
  • Zelma Dam

Yukon
  • Schwatka Lake
  • Aishihik Lake

See also

References
  1. Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine. Bchydro.com (2012-11-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-24.
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