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Dossier #499 · GRanD 2355

West Salmon Dam

🇨🇦Canada · West Salmon River · near St. Alban's

Built 1982 · Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
21 m
Crest length
1,350 m
Reservoir capacity
30 MCM
Reservoir area
20.8 km²
Average depth
1.4 m
Catchment
271 km²
Avg discharge
9,960 L/s
Elevation
244 masl
Degree of regulation
9.6 %

Notes

Built 1982

Provenance

Record 499 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 48.1771, -56.2354.