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Nechako Reservoir
The
Nechako Reservoir
, sometimes called the
Ootsa Lake Reservoir
, is a
hydroelectric reservoir
in
British Columbia, Canada
that was formed by the
Kenney Dam
making a diversion of the
Nechako River
through the
Kitimat Ranges
of the
Coast Mountains
to sea level at
Kemano
to service the new
Alcan
aluminum smelter
at
Kitimat
. When it was constructed on the Nechako River in 1952, it resulted in the relocation of over 75 families. It was one of the biggest reservoirs built in Canada to date, until the completion of the
Columbia Treaty Dams
and the
W.A.C. Bennett Dam
that created
Lake Williston
. The water level may swing 10 feet between 2790 and 2800 feet.
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