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Boundary Dam Reservoir

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In 2009, Woodlawn acquired the Boundary Dam portion of the park. This area features full-service camping, a beach area, a boat launch, professional beach volleyball courts, and the annual Beach Bash held each year in August. Boundary Dam Reservoir is the only lake in Saskatchewan that has a large
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is 557.8 m (1,830 ft), which gives it 16,755 dam (549,700 ft) of flood control storage. The reservoir, though, is not intended for flood control as its value is in the water it supplies to the power station.
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and the city of Estevan. The top of the dam is 563.88 m (1,850.0 ft) above sea level. The full supply level is at 560 metres, which gives the reservoir 61,480 dam (2,017,100 ft) when full. The maximum
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just south of Estevan, was founded in 1962. It features full-service camping, TS & M 18-hole golfing, Kayaking and Canoeing, live outdoor theatre, hiking, ball diamonds, and many more outdoor activities. In 2011, an
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Long Creek, and a 10-kilometre diversion channel connecting Boundary and Rafferty Reservoirs, which allows water to be diverted from Boundary Reservoir into McDonald Lake
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and a regional park. The subdivisions, which are in the RM of Estevan, are called Sunset Bay and Lakewood. The primary inflow and outflow for the reservoir is
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A three year project, that ran from 2017 to 2020, changed the city of Estevan's water supply from Boundary Reservoir to McDonald Lake.
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nearly destroyed the park as silt was piled up eight feet in areas and parts of the river had widened by up to 50 feet.
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area that does not freeze over in the winter due to warm water being returned to the lake from the
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The Boundary Dam was built in 1957 on Long Creek so that a reservoir could supply water to the
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Boundary Dam Lake, Saskatchewan

Boundary Dam Reservoir is located in Saskatchewan
Boundary Dam Reservoir is located in Canada
RM of Estevan No. 5
Saskatchewan
49°03′00″N 103°02′02″W / 49.0501°N 103.0338°W / 49.0501; -103.0338
Type
Reservoir
Primary inflows
Long Creek
Primary outflows
SaskPower
not a well-defined measure
Canadian province
Saskatchewan
census division 1
RM of Estevan
Estevan
towns or villages
subdivisions
Long Creek
McDonald Lake
Boundary Dam Power Station
drawdown

49°06′53″N 102°59′09″W / 49.1147°N 102.9857°W / 49.1147; -102.9857
Souris River
historic flood
Boundary Dam Power Station

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