| Kenney Dam | |
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  Location of Kenney Dam in British Columbia | |
| Location | South of Fraser Lake, British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 53°34′45″N 124°57′0″W / 53.57917°N 124.95000°W |
| Opening date | 1954 |
| Owner(s) | Rio Tinto Alcan |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Rock-fill embankment |
| Impounds | Nechako River |
| Height | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Length | 457 m (1,499 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Nechako Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 32.7 km3 (26,500,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Power Station | |
| Turbines | 8 × 112 MW |
| Installed capacity | 890 MW |
The Kenney Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Nechako River in northwestern British Columbia, built in the early 1950s. The impoundment of water behind the dam forms the Nechako Reservoir,[1] which is also commonly known as the Ootsa Lake Reservoir. The dam was constructed to power an aluminum smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia by Alcan (now Rio Tinto Alcan), although in the late 1980s the company increased their economic activity by selling excess electricity across North America.[2]: 128 The development of the dam caused various environmental problems along with the displacement of the Cheslatta T'En First Nation, whose traditional land was flooded.[3]
- ^ "Nechako Reservoir". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Christensen_1995was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples", RCAP, archived from the original on 25 November 2003, retrieved 30 March 2012