Kootenay Lake
| Kootenay Lake Corra Linn Dam |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 40 '0 " N , 116 ° 49' 59" W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1930-1932 | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 49 MW | ||||||||
| Operator: | West Kootenay Power and Light (FortisBC) | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 532 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 407 km² | ||||||||
Kootenay Lake is a 407 km² reservoir on the Kootenay River in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The reservoir is part of the Columbia River system . It delimits the Selkirk Mountains in the west from the Purcell Mountains in the east.
The Kootenay River is dammed 30 km before its confluence with the Columbia River by the 1930-1932 built Corra Linn Dam to Kootenay Lake. The concrete dam has 14 gates . The dam was not put into operation until the end of 1938, as it was only at that time that the USA gave its approval in the International Joint Commission . The hydropower plant has 3 generators with an output of 49 MW and uses a gradient of 16 m. The upstream Duncan Dam and Libby Dam (USA) also help regulate the water level . The cross-border aspects of this water system are regulated in the Columbia River Treaty .
Before the Corra Linn Dam went into operation, Kootenay Lake was a natural lake on which there had been regular paddle steamers since 1891. Of these, the SS Moyie has been preserved in a museum and is exhibited in Kaslo . A few more paddle steamers lie on the bottom of the lake and can be visited with dives.
A ferry runs across Kootenay Lake from Kootenay Bay to Balfour with a transfer time of 35 minutes. Like all Canadian domestic ferries, it is free. The ferry connection is part of Highway 3A .
On the shores of the lake are several of the Provincial Parks in British Columbia , including the Kootenay Lake Provincial Park named after the lake and the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park and Protected Area (as the largest of the adjacent parks) or the Lockhart Beach Provincial Park (as the smallest of the adjacent parks).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Lakes
- ^ A b Balance of Power - Corra Linn Dam
- ^ Fortis BC
- ^ The SS Nelson - The Boats | Sternwheelers of Kootenay Lake. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ^ SS Moyie National Historic Site. December 22, 2014, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Exploring the Shipwrecks of Kootenay Lake. July 14, 2015, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Inland Ferry Schedules from the Canadian Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, accessed October 25, 2012