Keenleyside Dam

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Keenleyside Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada, forming part of the region’s large transboundary water management system.

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Keenleyside Dam canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flood control dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
affects Columbia River flows into the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arrow Dam ⓘ
Hugh Keenleyside Dam ⓘ
commissioningDate 1968 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1965 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
creates Lower Arrow Lake reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Lower Arrow Lake

Upper Arrow Lake reservoir ⓘ
enables navigation between Castlegar and Revelstoke via Arrow Lakes ⓘ
governedBy Columbia River Treaty ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Arrow Lakes Generating Station ⓘ
height about 52 metres ⓘ
impact inundation of communities in the Arrow Lakes valley ⓘ
regulation of downstream flood risk in the United States ⓘ
impounds Arrow Lakes Reservoir ⓘ
length about 853 metres ⓘ
locatedDownstreamOf Mica Dam ⓘ
linked to: Mica Dam reservoir
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInBasin Columbia River Basin ⓘ
locatedInRegion West Kootenay ⓘ
locatedNear Castlegar, British Columbia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Columbia River ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf Revelstoke Dam ⓘ
namedAfter Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside ⓘ
nearbyCity Castlegar ⓘ
nearbyCommunity Robson, British Columbia ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1968 ⓘ
operator BC Hydro ⓘ
owner BC Hydro ⓘ
partOf Columbia River Treaty projects ⓘ
transboundary water management system between Canada and the United States ⓘ
powerPlantCapacity about 185 megawatts ⓘ
powerPlantCommissioningDate 2002 ⓘ
powerPlantOperator Columbia Basin Trust ⓘ
Columbia Power Corporation ⓘ
powerPlantType run-of-river hydroelectric station ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
flow regulation on the Columbia River ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
region Interior of British Columbia ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 230 square kilometres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity about 8.76 cubic kilometres ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
turbineType Kaplan turbines ⓘ

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Arrow Lakes → formedBy → Keenleyside Dam ⓘ