- List of dams in the Columbia River watershed
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Hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River and its tributaries in North America.
(Listed in order from the headwaters, to the Pacific Ocean)Contents
Mainstem Columbia dams
Snake River
Name Height Purpose(s) Capacity (MW) Year Owner name Reservoir name Comments Ice Harbor 208 ft (63.4 m) Navigation, hydroelectric 693 1962 USACE Lake Sacajawea Lower Monumental 100 ft (30.5 m) Navigation, hydroelectric 932 1969 USACE Lake Herbert G. West Little Goose 98 ft (29.9 m) Navigation, hydroelectric 932 1970 USACE Lake Bryan Lower Granite 100 ft (30.5 m) Navigation, hydroelectric 932 1972 USACE Lower Granite Lake Hells Canyon 330 ft (101 m) Hydroelectric 391 1967 Idaho Power Company Hells Canyon Reservoir No fish passage. Oxbow 175 ft (53.3 m) Hydroelectric 190 1961 Idaho Power Company Oxbow Reservoir Brownlee 420 ft (128 m) Hydroelectric 585.4 1958 Idaho Power Company Brownlee Reservoir Swan Falls 107 ft (32.6 m) Hydroelectric 1901 Idaho Power Company C. J. Strike 115 ft (35.1 m) Hydroelectric 82.8 1952 Idaho Power Company C. J. Strike Reservoir Bliss 70 ft (21.3 m) Hydroelectric 1950 Idaho Power Company Mid-Snake Project. Milner 73 ft (22.3 m) Irrigation, hydroelectric 1905 Milner Dam, Inc. Milner Lake Minidoka 86 ft (26.2 m) Irrigation, hydroelectric 27.7 1906 Bureau of Reclamation Lake Walcott Minidoka Project. American Falls 103.5 ft (31.5 m) Irrigation, hydroelectric 112 1927, replaced 1978 Bureau of Reclamation American Falls Reservoir Minidoka Project. Gem State 40 ft (12.2 m) Hydroelectric, irrigation 24 1988 City of Idaho Falls Jackson Lake 65 ft (19.8 m) Irrigation N/A 1916, upgraded 1989 Bureau of Reclamation Jackson Lake Minidoka Project. Total 4,766 Pend Oreille-Clark Fork–Flathead
Name Height Purpose(s) Capacity (MW) Year Owner name Reservoir name Comments Pend Oreille Waneta Dam 249 feet (76 m) Hydroelectric 450 MW 1954 Teck Cominco Seven Mile Dam 213 feet (65 m) Hydroelectric 848 MW 1979 BC Hydro Boundary Dam 340 feet (100 m) Hydroelectric 1,050 MW 1967 Seattle City Light Box Canyon Dam 62.4 feet (19.0 m) Hydroelectric 69 MW Pend Oreille Public Utility District Albeni Falls Dam 90 feet (27 m) Hydroelectric 55 MW 1955 USACE Clark Fork Cabinet Gorge Dam 111 feet (34 m) Hydroelectric 231 MW 1953 Avista Corp. Noxon Rapids Dam 179 feet (55 m) Hydroelectric 466 MW 1960 Avista Corp. Flathead Kerr Dam 205 feet (62 m) Hydroelectric 196 MW 1938 PPL/Tribal Flathead Lake Raised Flathead Lake 10 feet (3.0 m) over its natural level Hungry Horse Dam 564 feet (172 m) Hydroelectric, flood control, irrigation 428 MW 1953 Bureau of Reclamation Hungry Horse Reservoir On South Fork Flathead River Total 3,735 MW Kootenai River
Name Height Purpose(s) Capacity (MW) Year Owner name Reservoir name Comments Brilliant Dam 140 feet (43 m) Hydroelectric 265 1944 Columbia Power Corporation Kootenay Canal Hydroelectric 572 1975 BC Hydro South Slocan Dam 60 feet (18 m) Hydroelectric 53 1928 FortisBC Lower Bonnington Falls Dam Hydroelectric 49.5 1925 FortisBC Upper Bonnington Falls Dam Hydroelectric 62 1907 FortisBC Corra Linn Dam Hydroelectric, flood control, storage 44 1932 FortisBC Kootenay Lake Libby Dam 422 feet (129 m) Hydroelectric, flood control, storage 600 1975 USACE Lake Koocanusa Columbia River Treaty Total 1,645.5 See also
- Hydroelectricity
- List of reservoirs and dams in the United States
- Columbia River Treaty (US–Canadian treaty regulating hydroelectric development)
References
External links
- Erik Robinson (April 15, 2007). "Pressure builds on Snake River dams". The Columbian. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:VCBB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11976D3A7A164128&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73.
Columbia River Provinces and
states traversedLists - Cities
- Crossings
- Dams
- Rapids
- Tributaries
Geology and Geography - Geology of the Pacific Northwest
- Columbia River Basalt Group
- Columbia River Gorge
- Missoula Floods
- Bonneville Slide/Bridge of the Gods land bridge
- 1700 Cascadia earthquake
- 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
- Columbia Mountains
History - Celilo Falls
- Kettle Falls
- Dalles des Morts
- Robert Gray exploration
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- David Thompson
- Astor Expedition
- Fort Vancouver
- Steamboats of the Columbia River
- Big Bend Gold Rush
- Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes
- Steamboats of the upper Columbia and Kootenay Rivers
- Columbia River Treaty
- Historic Columbia River Highway
- Columbia Basin Project
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Hanford Site
- Sohappy v. Smith
- Boldt Decision
- Vanport flood of 1948
Ecology and culture Categories:- Dams on the Columbia River
- Lists of dams
- Hydroelectric power stations in British Columbia
- Hydroelectric power plants in Oregon
- Hydroelectric power plants in Washington (state)
- Washington (state)-related lists
- Oregon-related lists
- British Columbia-related lists
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