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.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Hudson’s Hope, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Barrage W.A.C. Bennett”, “Barrage WAC Bennett”, “Centrale G. S. Shrum”, “Centrale G.S. Shrum”, “Centrale Gordon M. Shrum”, “Centrale Gordon S. Shrum”, “Gordon M. Shrum Generation Station”, “Gordon M. Shrum vannkraftverk”, “Gordon Shrum vannkraftverk”, “Presa W A C Bennett”, “Presa W A C. Bennett”, “Presa W A. C. Bennett”, “W.A.C. Bennett-demningen”, “W.A.C. Bennett-Staudamm”, “W.A.C貝內特水壩”, and “Williston Lake”
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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Latitude
56.01658° or 56° 0′ 60″ north
Longitude
-122.20307° or 122° 12′ 11″ west
Elevation
616 metres (2,021 feet)
Open location code
948V2Q8W+JQ
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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: “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”
- German: “W.-A.-C.-Bennett-Staudamm”
- Japanese: “W・A・C・ベネットダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “W. A. C. Bennett-demningen”
- Norwegian: “W. A. C. Bennett-demningen”
- Russian: “Плотина Беннетта”
- Slovenian: “W. A. C. Bennett Dam”
- Spanish: “Presa W. A. C. Bennett”
- Swedish: “W.A.C. Bennett Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Гордона М. Шрама”
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Places to explore: Beryl Prairie and Hudson’s Hope.
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