Comox Lake Dam
Canada /
British Columbia /
Cumberland /
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/ Canada
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World / Canada / British Columbia / Comox-Strathcona
dam, hydroelectric power station/plant
The Comox Dam is a concrete gravity dam, 142 m long, 10.7 m high with a crest elevation of 137.55 m. A fishway provides upstream passage past the dam for fish.
In 1912 Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. developed the hydroelectric potential of Comox Lake and the Puntledge River to provide electricity for the operation of its coal mines in the Cumberland area. The BC Power Commission, BC Hydro's predecessor, acquired the Puntledge hydroelectric development in 1953. By 1955 the company had rebuilt the diversion dam, penstocks and powerhouse to quadruple the systems electrical output to the local community. Additional improvements included upgrading the dam in 1982.
In 1912 Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. developed the hydroelectric potential of Comox Lake and the Puntledge River to provide electricity for the operation of its coal mines in the Cumberland area. The BC Power Commission, BC Hydro's predecessor, acquired the Puntledge hydroelectric development in 1953. By 1955 the company had rebuilt the diversion dam, penstocks and powerhouse to quadruple the systems electrical output to the local community. Additional improvements included upgrading the dam in 1982.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°38'37"N 125°5'46"W
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- Fitzsimmons Creek Hydro Project 163 km
- Kootenay Canal hydroelectric generating station 547 km
- Volcano Creek Hydro Powerplant 941 km
- Verdi Hydroelectric Project 1200 km
- Garrison Dam 1751 km
- Wuskwatim Generating Station 1901 km
- Oahe Dam 1948 km
- Lake W. R. Holway 2833 km
- Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station 3038 km
- Courtenay and District Fish and Game Protective Association 0.7 km
- Comox Lake Bluffs Ecological Reserve 1.1 km
- Comox Lake 6.1 km
- Royston, British Columbia 11 km
- Crown Isle Resort & Golf Community 13 km
- Wolf Lake 14 km
- Glacier Greens Golf Course 16 km
- Constitution Hill 17 km
- Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) / CFB Comox 17 km
- Miracle Beach Provincial Park 22 km