Kenney Dam
The Kenney Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Nechako River in northwestern British Columbia, built in the early 1950s. The impoundment of water behind the dam forms the Nechako Reservoir, which is also commonly known as the Ootsa Lake Reservoir.Kenney Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: hydroelectric dam in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.57927° or 53° 34′ 45″ northLongitude
-124.9497° or 124° 56′ 59″ westOpen location code
945QH3H2+P4OpenStreetMap ID
way 203120297OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q3429248
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kenney Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kenney Dam”
- French: “barrage Kenney”
- French: “Barrage Kenney”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kemano vannkraftverk”
- Spanish: “Presa de Kenney”
- Swedish: “Kenney Dam”
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