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The lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River, backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench which is where the Parsnip and Finlay met at Finlay Forks to form the Peace. The lake includes three reaches, the Peace Reach (formerly the Peace Canyon), and the Parsnip and Finlay Reaches, which are the lowermost basins of those rivers, and covers a total area of 1,761 km 2 (680 sq mi), [1] being the ...
As recently as October 2008, the Kwadacha First Nation, another Aboriginal group residing in the Fort Ware area located at the north end of the Finlay Reach of Lake Williston, reached a settlement with the British Columbia government and BC Hydro over damages suffered during construction and operation of the dam and Williston Lake. The ...
British Columbia lakes larger than 400 km 2 (150 sq mi) ; Lake Area (including islands) Altitude Max. depth Volume Williston Lake [1]: 1,761 km 2 (680 sq mi) : 671 m (2,201 ft)
Located along the eastern edge of Williston Lake, Heather-Dina Lakes Park, which is named after two lakes in the park, features mature, mixed forest with many small lakes. [1] Facilities are quite limited compared to other parks in British Columbia. A primitive campground is located at Heather Lake and another at Dina Lake.
The Bennett Dam began operation in 1968 and formed Williston Reservoir, which is the third largest man-made lake in North America, spanning 250 kilometers north-south and 150 kilometers east-west. The lake is 95% larger than the Site C reservoir will become.
Finlay Forks (also called Finlay Junction and sometimes misspelt Findlay), is the confluence of the Finlay River and Parsnip River in British Columbia, Canada.The Finlay Bay Recreation Site, [1] [2] on the southeast bank, is about three kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of the former settlement (on the earlier southeast bank) that is now submerged beneath Williston Lake.
The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and thence south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in 1968. Prior to this, the Finlay joined with the Parsnip River to form the Peace.
The Parsnip River is a 240-kilometre (150 mi) long river in central British Columbia, Canada.It flows generally north-westward from the Parsnip Glacier in the Hart Ranges to the Parsnip Reach of Williston Lake, [1] formed by the impounding of the waters of the Peace River by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in 1968.