Mica Dam
Mica Dam is a hydroelectric embankment dam spanning the Columbia River 135 kilometres north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. It was built as one of three Canadian projects under the terms of the 1964 Columbia River Treaty and is operated by BC Hydro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: DAR56, Public domain.
- Type: Dam
- Description: hydroelectric power station in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Mika”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mica Creek.
Mica Creek
Village
Photo: Mokwella, Public domain.
Mica Creek is a small village in British Columbia, Canada that was used as a base of operations for the construction of the Mica Dam hydroelectric project by BC Hydro in the 1960s and 1970s. Mica Creek is situated 8 km south of Mica Dam.
Mica Dam
- Categories: reservoir power station, embankment dam, and industry
- Location: Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
52.07606° or 52° 4′ 34″ northLongitude
-118.57223° or 118° 34′ 20″ westElevation
752 metres (2,467 feet)Operator
BC HydroOpen location code
95433CGH+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 418122690OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Mica Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mica Dam”
- Chinese: “米卡坝”
- Chinese: “米卡壩”
- Chinese: “雲母水壩”
- Finnish: “Mican vesivoimalaitos”
- French: “barrage Mica”
- French: “Barrage Mica”
- German: “Mica Dam”
- German: “Mica-Staudamm”
- Japanese: “ミカ・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mica-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Micademningen”
- Norwegian: “Micademningen”
- Persian: “سد میکا”
- Portuguese: “Represa Mica”
- Portuguese: “Rio Wood”
- Russian: “ГЭС Мика”
- Russian: “Мика”
- Slovenian: “jez Mica”
- Swedish: “Mica Dam”
- Tamil: “மைகா அணை”
- Tamil: “மைக்கா அணை”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Міка”
- Ukrainian: “Міка”
- Vietnamese: “Đập Mica”
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