Dickson Dam

Dickson Dam
Dickson Dam is located in Alberta
Dickson Dam
Location of Dickson Dam in Alberta
CountryCanada
LocationRed Deer County, Alberta
Coordinates52°03′06″N 114°13′07″W / 52.05167°N 114.21861°W / 52.05167; -114.21861
Power Station
Commission dateJanuary 16, 1992
Turbines3 × 5 MW Barber turbines
Installed capacity15 MW

Dickson Dam is a flow-regulation dam constructed in 1983 which impounded the Red Deer River creating a reservoir known as Gleniffer Lake.[1] The dam is 20 km (12 mi) west of the town of Innisfail and 50 km (31 mi) southwest of the city of Red Deer. The dam was created to control for floods and low winter flows, to improve quality of the river, to create a recreational resource and to provide a reliable, year-round water supply sufficient for future industrial, regional and municipal growth.[2]

  1. ^ "Alberta Environment - Information Centre - View Publication". Archived from the original on 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)