Lajoie Dam

Lajoie Dam is the uppermost of the of BC Hydro's Bridge River Power Project, which is located in the southwestern Interior of British Columbia.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridge River Valley and Bralorne.

Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a sparsely populated area of lakes, valleys, abandoned towns and near-ghost towns in the mountainous region between and .

Locality
is a historic Canadian gold mining community in the of , some 130 km on dirt roads west of the town of . is situated 8 km southeast of Lajoie Dam.

Lajoie Dam

Latitude
50.83754° or 50° 50′ 15″ north
Longitude
-122.85851° or 122° 51′ 31″ west
Elevation
766 metres (2,513 feet)
Operator
BC Hydro
Open location code
942VR4QR+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 334799584
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
6048229
Wiki­data ID
Q6474346
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Satellite Map

Discover Lajoie Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lajoie Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lajoie Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد لاجوى”
  • Swedish: “Lajoie Dam”

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