W. A. C. Bennett Dam
The W. A. C. Bennett Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Peace River in northern British Columbia, Canada. At 186 metres high, it is one of the world's highest earth fill dams.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Hudson’s Hope, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Gordon M. Shrum Generation Station”
W. A. C. Bennett Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and reservoir power station
- Location: Hudson’s Hope, Peace River Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“W. A. C. Bennett Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “W.A.C. Bennett Dam”
- Chinese: “W.A.C貝內特水壩”
- Chinese: “威廉·安德魯·塞西爾·本納德水壩”
- Chinese: “戈登·施鲁姆水电站”
- Chinese: “施魯姆水電站”
- Chinese: “施鲁姆水电站”
- French: “barrage W. A. C. Bennett”
- French: “Barrage W. A. C. Bennett”
- French: “Barrage W.A.C. Bennett”
- French: “Barrage WAC Bennett”
- French: “Centrale G. S. Shrum”
- French: “Centrale G.S. Shrum”
- French: “Centrale Gordon M. Shrum”
- French: “Centrale Gordon S. Shrum”
- German: “W.-A.-C.-Bennett-Staudamm”
- German: “W.A.C. Bennett-Staudamm”
- German: “Williston Lake”
- Japanese: “W・A・C・ベネットダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gordon M. Shrum vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gordon Shrum vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “W. A. C. Bennett-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “W.A.C. Bennett-demningen”
- Norwegian: “W. A. C. Bennett-demningen”
- Russian: “W. A. C. Bennett Dam”
- Russian: “Плотина Беннетта”
- Slovenian: “W. A. C. Bennett Dam”
- Spanish: “Presa W A C Bennett”
- Spanish: “Presa W A C. Bennett”
- Spanish: “Presa W A. C. Bennett”
- Spanish: “Presa W. A. C. Bennett”
- Swedish: “W.A.C. Bennett Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Гордона М. Шрама”
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