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Dossier #435 · GRanD 255

Cascade Lake Minnewanka

🇨🇦Canada · Cascade River · near Banff

Built 1942 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
35 m
Crest length
617 m
Reservoir capacity
387.3 MCM
Reservoir area
21.9 km²
Average depth
17.6 m
Catchment
871 km²
Avg discharge
6,359 L/s
Elevation
1,469 masl
Degree of regulation
193.1 %

Notes

Built 1942

Provenance

Record 435 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 51.2468, -115.4977.