Pinawa Dam Provincial Park
Pinawa Dam Provincial Park is a provincial park located north of Pinawa, Manitoba, on Hwy 520, overlooking the Pinawa Channel.[1]
It was designated a provincial park by the Government of Manitoba in 1985.[2] The park is 250,000 square metres (62 acres) in size.[2] The park is considered to be a Class V protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories.[3]
The park is home to such fish species as walleye, northern pike, catfish, and smallmouth bass; and such animals as white-tailed deer, black bear, fox, and otter.[4]
History
Pinawa Dam, which began operating in 1906, was originally built to provide residential and commercial hydroelectric power for the city of Winnipeg.[5][4]
The dam was closed in 1951 to allow for the Winnipeg River's full flow to enter the Seven Sisters Generating Station. Parts of the dam were later used for demolition practice by the Canadian Armed Forces, and were thereby destroyed.
The Pinawa Dam Provincial Park today includes the ruins of the former dam, through which water flows and forms rapids and waterfalls.
See also
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- Asessippi
- Atikaki
- Bakers Narrows
- Beaudry
- Beaver Creek
- Bell Lake
- Birch Island
- Birch Point
- Birds Hill
- Burge Lake
- Camp Morton
- Caribou River
- Chitek Lake Anishinaabe
- Clearwater Lake
- Colvin Lake
- Criddle/Vane Homestead
- Duck Mountain
- Duff Roblin
- Elk Island
- Fisher Bay
- Grand Beach
- Grand Rapids
- Grand Valley
- Grass River
- Hecla-Grindstone
- Hnausa Beach
- Hyland
- Kettle Stones
- Kinwow Bay
- Lake St. Andrew
- Lake St. George
- Little Limestone Lake
- Lockport
- Lundar Beach
- Manigotagan River
- Manipogo
- Marchland
- Margaret Bruce
- Memorial
- Moose Lake
- Neso Lake
- Netley Creek
- Nopiming
- Norris Lake
- North Steeprock Lake
- Nueltin Lake
- Numaykoos Lake
- Oak Lake
- Overflowing River
- Paint Lake
- Patricia Beach
- Pembina Valley
- Pinawa Dam
- Pinawa
- Pisew Falls
- Poplar Bay
- Portage Spillway
- Primrose
- Rainbow Beach
- Red Deer River
- River Road
- Rivers
- Rocky Lake
- Sand Lakes
- Sasagiu Rapids
- Seton
- South Atikaki
- Springwater
- Spruce Woods
- St. Ambroise Beach
- St. Malo
- St. Norbert
- Stephenfield
- Sturgeon Bay
- Swan River
- Trappest Monastery
- Turtle Mountain
- Twin Lakes
- Upper Fort Garry Heritage
- Wallace Lake
- Watchorn
- Wekusko Falls
- Whitefish Lake
- Whitemouth Falls
- Whiteshell
- William Lake
- Winnipeg Beach
- Woodridge
- Yellow Quill
- Zed Lake
- Agassiz
- Belair
- Brightstone Sand Hill
- Cat Hills
- Cormorant
- Duck Mountain
- Moose Creek
- Northwest Angle
- Porcupine
- Sandilands
- Spruce Woods
- Swan-Pelican
- Turtle Mountain
- Wampum
- Whiteshell
- Armit Meadows
- Baralzon Lake
- Birch River
- Brokenhead River
- Brokenhead Wetland
- Cedar Bog
- Cowan Bog
- Holmgren Pines
- Jennifer and Tom Shay
- Kaweenakumik Islands
- Lake St. George Caves
- Lake Winnipegosis Salt Flats
- Lewis Bog
- Libau Bog
- Little George Island
- Long Point
- Palsa Hazel
- Pelican Islands
- Piney
- Pocock Lake
- Red Rock
- Reindeer Island
- Ste. Anne Bog
- St. Labre Bog
- Walter Cook Caves
- Wampum
- Whitemouth Bog
- Whitemouth Island
- Whitemouth River
- Woodridge
- Alonsa
- Assiniboine Corridor
- Basket Lake
- Bernice
- Brandon Hills
- Broad Valley
- Broomhill
- C. Stewart Stevenson
- Catfish Creek
- Cayer
- Churchill
- Delta Marsh
- Deerwood
- Dog Lake
- Ebor
- Gerald W. Malaher
- Grant's Lake
- Gypsumville
- Harrison
- Hilbre
- Holmfield
- Kasatamagan Sipi
- Kasatamagan
- Lake Francis
- Langruth
- Lauder Sandhills
- Lee Lake
- Lee River
- Little Birch
- Little Saskatchewan
- Manatagao
- Maple Lake
- Mars Hill
- Marshy Point
- Moose Creek
- Narcisse
- Oak Hammock Marsh
- Observation Point
- Oranole
- Otter Lake
- Parkland
- Pembina Valley
- Penonan Point
- Pierson
- Point River
- Portage Sandhills
- Proven Lake
- Proulx Lake
- Rat River
- Red Deer
- Riverside
- Saskeram
- Sleeve Lake
- Souris River Bend
- Spruce Woods
- Spur Woods
- St. Malo
- Steeprock
- Stuartburn
- Thalberg Bush
- Tiger Hills
- Tom Lamb
- Turtle Mountain
- Upper Assiniboine
- Wakopa
- Washow Bay
- Watson P. Davidson
- Weiden
- Wellington
- Westlake
- Whitemouth Bog
- Whitemud Watershed
- Whitewater Lake
World Biosphere Reserves
- Assiniboine
- Bruce
- Central
- Kil-Cona
- Kildonan
- King's
- Living Prairie Museum
- Maple Grove
- St. Vital
- Stephen Juba
- Category
- Conservation Districts
- Parks Canada
- Commons
References
- ^ "Pinawa Dam Provincial Park". Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ a b A System Plan for Manitoba's Provincial Park (PDF). Government of Manitoba. March 1997. p. 171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Pinawa Dam Provincial Park". Protected Planet. United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Parks and Protected Spaces | Conservation and Climate | Province of Manitoba". www.gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/parks-protected-spaces/maps/campground_maps/pinawa_dam.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
- iNaturalist: Pinawa Dam Provincial Park
- eBird: Pinawa Dam Provincial Park