List of Dams and Reservoirs in Canada - Ontario

Ontario

Large hydroelectric:

  • DeCew Falls 1 (Twelve Mile Creek)
  • Decew Falls 2 (Twelve Mile Creek)
  • Ontario Power (retired) (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck 1 (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck 2 (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck Pump-Generating Station (Niagara River) - Currently being upgraded.
  • Abitibi Canyon Generating Station (Abitibi River)
  • Harmon (Mattagami River)
  • Hound Chute (Montreal River)
  • Indian Chute (Montreal River)
  • Kipling (Mattagami River)
  • Little Long (Mattagami River)
  • Lower Notch (Montreal River)
  • Lower Sturgeon Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Matabitchuan (Montreal River)
  • Otter Rapids Generating Station (Abitibi River)
  • Sandy Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Smoky Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Wawaitin Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Aguasabon (Aguasabon River)
  • Alexander Falls (Nipigon River)
  • Cameron Falls (Nipigon River)
  • Caribou Falls (English River)
  • Ear Falls (English River)
  • Kakabeka Falls (Kaministiquia River)
  • Manitou Falls (English River)
  • Pine Portage (Nipigon River)
  • Silver Falls (Dog River)
  • Whitedog Falls (Winnipeg River)
  • Arnprior (Madawaska River)
  • Barrett Chute (Madawaska River)
  • Calabogie (Madawaska River)
  • Chats Falls (Ottawa River)
  • Chenaux (Ottawa River)
  • Des Joachims (Ottawa River)
  • Mountain Chute (Madawaska River)
  • Otto Holden (Ottawa River)
  • R.H. Saunders (St. Lawrence River)
  • Stewartville (Madawaska River)
  • Baysville Dam, Baysville

Small Hydroelectric

  • Auburn (Otanabee River)
  • Big Chute (Severn River
  • Big Eddy (Muskoka River)
  • Bingham Chute (South River)
  • Coniston (Wanapitei River)
  • Crystal Falls (Sturgeon River)

Non hydroelectric

  • Pittock Dam (Thames River)
  • Fanshawe Dam (Thames River)
  • Wildwood Dam (Thames River)
  • Crooks' Hollow Dam (Spencer Creek, Greensville)
  • Claireville Flood Control dam and reservoir, Claireville Conservation Area (Humber River (Toronto)
  • G Ross Lord Park Flood Control dam and reservoir, G Lord Ross Park (Don River (Toronto)
  • Milne Dam and Reservoir, Milne Park Conservation Area - Markham (Rouge River (Toronto))

Planned Upgrades or Projects (all are currently in progress):

  • Umbata Falls Hydroelectric Project - Installed capacity of 23MW Q2 2008. This project in progress is a partnership of the Pic River First Nation and Innergex II Income Fund (on the White River, near Marathon).
  • Island Falls Hydroelectric Project - Installed capacity of 20mW Q4 2009. Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. Location: Smooth Rock Falls.
  • Glen Miller Hydroelectric Project - Innergex II Income Fund (Trenton).

Hydroelectric generation under development with Ontario Power Generation (the unit in-service dates range from 2009 to 2012):

  • Little Long, Harmon, Kipling and Smoky Falls - 450MW
  • Lower Sturgeon, Sandy Falls and Wawaitin - 16MW
  • Mattagami Lake Dam - 5MW

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