Aug 9, 2025:
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| CoastReporter BC Hydro says Site C dam near Fort St. John now fully operational "BC Hydro's Site C dam and hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River is seen in this handout photo near Fort St. John, B.C., on Nov. 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Site C Clean Energy Project (Mandatory Credit)" "With a final price tag of $16 billion, nearly double its initial price tag, the dam is considered B.C.'s most expensive infrastructure project." Construction started in 2015. |
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| sitecproject_reservoir The reservoir began to fill on Aug 25, 2024, and it took 11 weeks to complete. |
The satellite image I accessed on Google Maps on Aug 14, 2025, is older than a year because the river is still being diverted.
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| Slide 4, Nov 6, 2024 |
The gates for the three higher spillways are obviously Tainter gates. Are the gates for the six lower spillways sluice gates? Unit 6 was the last unit to come online, and it looks like it is the closest one in this view.
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| Slide 23, Sep 16, 2024 |
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| bchydro The earth fill dam was completed in Nov 2023. It is "a kilometre long, half a kilometre wide at the base, 20 storeys high, and made of some sixteen million cubic metres of sand, clay, and rock." |
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