Keenleyside Dam

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Hugh Keenleyside Dam (originally known as the High Arrow Dam [ [http://www.basininstitute.org/home/search/details.html?id=2737 Construction of the High Arrow Dam] at Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History] ) is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River, 12 km (6.5 miles) upstream of the city of Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada.

The reservoirs behind the dam is named Arrow Lakes extending 232 km (145 miles) north to Revelstoke Dam, and contain 8.76 km3 (7.1 Maf) of reservoir volume. The dam is operated by BC Hydro.

The dam was built in 1968 as part of fulfilling Canada's role in the Columbia River Treaty, and was intended only to control the flow of water in the Columbia River for downstream dams, but in 2002 a 185 megawatt (MW) powerhouse was added.

The dam was named after Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, the Canadian ambassador to Mexico, 1944-1947. Hugh Keenleyside served as the chairman of the British Columbia Power Commission and co-chairman at the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority from 1962 to 1969.

References

ee also

*Mica Dam
*Revelstoke Dam
*Hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River

External links

* [http://www.bchydro.com/recreation/southern/southern1202.html BC Hydro Keenleyside Dam page]