Lajoie Dam

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Part of the BC Hydro Bridge River project, it has a generating capacity of 22 MW. Construction of the dam was carried out in two steps. First, a low earthfill structure was completed in 1949 to store water for the Bridge plants. Second, the dam was raised to its current height of 87 m (287 feet) in 1955. Completion of these steps impounded 15,130 cubic metres (534,300 acre-feet) of water at elevation 750 m (2460 feet) to form Downton Reservoir. The reservoir was named in honour of the pioneer surveyor Geoffrey Downton who, in 1912, first recognized the enormous potential for power development utilizing the drop in elevation between the Bridge and Seton River systems. A powerhouse with one generator was completed at the foot of the dam in 1957, with a capacity of 22 MW and an average generating capacity of 170 GWh per year.
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