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Dossier #67 · GRanD 707

Kelsey

🇨🇦Canada · Nelson River · near Thompson

Built 1960 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
37 m
Crest length
1,570 m
Reservoir capacity
1.9 km³
Reservoir area
126.7 km²
Average depth
14.6 m
Catchment
948,696 km²
Avg discharge
2,191,193 L/s
Elevation
177 masl
Degree of regulation
2.7 %

Notes

Kelsey Dam is part of the Nelson River hydroelectric project; not sure about exact reservoir extent

Built 1960

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Provenance

Record 67 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 56.0387, -96.5344.