W. A. C. Bennett Dam

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The W. A. C. Bennett Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in northern British Columbia, Canada, forming Williston Lake and serving as one of BC Hydro’s largest power-generating facilities.

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W. A. C. Bennett Dam canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
associatedIndigenousPeoples Dane-zaa ⓘ
Sekani ⓘ
commissioningDate 1968 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1961 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
creates Williston Lake ⓘ
crestElevation 671 m above sea level ⓘ
crosses Peace River ⓘ
fuelType hydropower ⓘ
gridConnection BC Hydro transmission network ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre yes ⓘ
height 186 m ⓘ
impact creation of Williston Lake reservoir ⓘ
disruption of Indigenous lands and communities ⓘ
inundation of large forested areas ⓘ
installedCapacity 2730 MW ⓘ
length 2044 m ⓘ
locatedIn Peace River region ⓘ
northern British Columbia ⓘ
namedAfter W. A. C. Bennett ⓘ
William Andrew Cecil Bennett ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation Premier of British Columbia ⓘ
nearCity Hudson's Hope ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 10 ⓘ
oneOfLargestPowerStationsIn British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
openingDate 1968 ⓘ
operator BC Hydro ⓘ
owner BC Hydro ⓘ
partOf BC Hydro generating system ⓘ
plantType conventional hydroelectric power station ⓘ
primaryPurpose electricity generation ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
region Peace River Regional District ⓘ
reservoir Williston Lake ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 1773 km² ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity about 74 km³ ⓘ
secondaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
visitorCentreOperator BC Hydro ⓘ
watercourse Peace River ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peace River → hasDam → W. A. C. Bennett Dam ⓘ
Hudson's Hope → near → W. A. C. Bennett Dam ⓘ
Peace Canyon Dam → downstreamFrom → W. A. C. Bennett Dam ⓘ
Williston Lake → createdBy → W. A. C. Bennett Dam ⓘ
Williston Lake → hasDam → W. A. C. Bennett Dam ⓘ