Principal Reservoirs in Canada

Principal Reservoirs in Canada

Reservoir

River

Province

Storage Capacity*

Year
Operational

Lake St Lawrence

St Lawrence

Ontario

808

1958

Cross-Cedar Lake

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

9643

1965

Williston Lake

Peace

BC

70 309

1968

Manicouagan

Manicouagan

Québec

141 851

1968

Lake Diefenbaker

South Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

9868

1972

Kinbasket Lake

Columbia

BC

24 670

1972

Wreck Cove

Wreck Cove

Nova Scotia

126

1978

Hinds Lake

Humber

Newfoundland

305

1980

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*millions of cubic metres