Keenleyside Dam

Hugh Keenleyside Dam is a flood control dam spanning the , 12 km upstream of the city of , , Canada.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: hydroelectric power station in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: Arrow Lake” and “Hugh Keenleyside Dam

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castlegar.

is a city of 8,000 people in on the southern tip of the Arrow Lakes chain. It sits at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, and is a perfect base for a wide range of outdoor activities.

Keenleyside Dam

Latitude
49.33996° or 49° 20′ 24″ north
Longitude
-117.77689° or 117° 46′ 37″ west
Elevation
433 metres (1,421 feet)
Operator
BC Hydro
Open location code
85X486QF+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 107502189
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
5978312
Wiki­data ID
Q2885187
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Keenleyside Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Hugh Keenleyside Dam
  • Finnish: Keenleysiden pato
  • French: barrage de Hugh Keenleyside
  • French: Barrage de Keenleyside
  • French: Barrage Keenleyside
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arrow Lakes vannkraftverk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arrow Lakes-demningen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Keenleyside-demningen
  • Norwegian: Keenleyside-demningen
  • Russian: Арроу-Лейк
  • Russian: ГЭС Арроу-Лейк
  • Swedish: Hugh Keenleyside Dam
  • Ukrainian: Арроу-Лейк
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Арроу-Лейк

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Keenleyside Dam”. Photo: DAR56, Public domain.