Revelstoke Dam
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Revelstoke Dam, also known as Revelstoke Canyon Dam, is a
.History
Construction of Revelstoke Dam started in 1978, and was completed in 1983.[4]
Areas inundated by the dam include the Dalles des Morts or "Death Rapids", which was the stretch of canyon just above the dam's location, and various small localities along the pre-inundation route of the Big Bend Highway, which was the original route of the Trans-Canada Highway until the building of its Rogers Pass section. Just below the dam was the location of La Porte, one of the boomtowns of the Big Bend Gold Rush and the head of river navigation via the Arrow Lakes and Columbia River from Marcus, Washington.
Revelstoke Dam Visitor Centre
The Revelstoke Dam Visitor Centre is located 5 km (3.1 mi) north of
Expansion
BC Hydro completed an expansion to add a fifth unit. The unit went online in 2011 and added 500
See also
- List of largest power stations in Canada
- List of generating stations in British Columbia
- List of dams in the Columbia River watershed
- Hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River
- Mica Dam
- Keenleyside Dam
References
- ^ a b BC Hydro (June 2010), Quick Facts for the Year Ended March 31, 2010 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2012, retrieved 2010-08-24
- ^ a b BC Hydro (December 2018). "Revelstoke Generating Station Unit 6 Project" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 29, 2019.
- ^ "Lake Revelstoke". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Revelstoke Dam". Virtual Museum. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020.
- ^ "Sinixt Territory - Sinixt Nation". www.sinixtnation.org.
- ^ "Revelstoke Dam Visitor Centre". www.bchydro.com.
- ^ "Page or File Not Found". www.bchydro.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-31.
- ^ Communications, Forum One. "CARMA - Carbon Monitoring for Action". carma.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
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