How much did the W. A. C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River cost to build?
The W. A. C. Bennett Dam is an earth-fill dam about 2 km long and 183–186 m high on the Peace River in northern British Columbia, creating Williston Lake. With the underground Gordon M. Shrum Generating Station, whose capacity is given as 2,730 MW, it began producing power in 1968 and was built by the provincial government and BC Hydro. Local and encyclopedic sources put the construction cost at about CAD 700–750 million, with a further CAD 200 million for transmission lines.
Reported project cost
CAD 725 million
Approximately $672.87 million
Cost basis: 1968
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1968
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthhudsonshopemuseum.com
- 2,068 m
- Heighthudsonshopemuseum.com
- 186 m
- PowerHudson's Hope Museum
- 2,730 MW
- Storage volumehudsonshopemuseum.com
- 74,000,000,000 m³
Project record
Opened or launched
Hudson's Hope Museum1968