Williston Lake

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Williston Lake is a large man-made reservoir in northern British Columbia, Canada, created by the construction of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
reservoir
basinCountry Canada
climateZone subarctic climate region
continent North America
country Canada
createdBy W. A. C. Bennett Dam NERFINISHED
formedBy flooding of the upper Peace, Parsnip and Finlay river valleys
formedInYear 1968
hasArea approximately 1773 square kilometres
hasDam W. A. C. Bennett Dam NERFINISHED
hasEcologicalImpact altered fish habitats in the Peace River system
flooded large tracts of boreal forest
hasIsland many islands formed from former hilltops
hasRecreationalActivity boating
camping
hunting in surrounding areas
ice fishing
hasShoreLength over 1700 kilometres
hasSocialImpact displaced Indigenous communities
inundated traditional Indigenous territories
hasSurfaceAreaRanking one of the largest reservoirs in North America by surface area
hasVolumeRanking one of the largest reservoirs in North America by volume
inflow Finlay River NERFINISHED
Parsnip River NERFINISHED
Peace River NERFINISHED
locatedIn British Columbia
locatedInAdministrativeArea Fraser-Fort George Regional District NERFINISHED
Peace River Regional District NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Northern British Columbia NERFINISHED
locatedNear Fort St. John, British Columbia NERFINISHED
Hudson's Hope, British Columbia NERFINISHED
Mackenzie, British Columbia NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Peace River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Ray Williston NERFINISHED
operator BC Hydro NERFINISHED
outflow Peace River NERFINISHED
partOf BC Hydro system NERFINISHED
Peace River watershed NERFINISHED
usedFor fishing
flood control
hydroelectric power generation
recreation
watercourse Peace River NERFINISHED

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Peace River hasReservoir Williston Lake
Rocky Mountain Trench contains Williston Lake