Wiilliam Aberhart C. Bennett Dam, 610 feet tall, 6,562 feet long & 2,625 feet thick at the base. The Williston Lake resevoir 67 cubic kilometers, the equivalent of 27 million olypic swimming pools. Williston Lake is fed by the FInlay & Parsnip rivers. There is an average of 4.7 million gallons of water flowing through the Bennett dam per minute. The Bennett spillway desighned to handle excess water can release 2.4 million gallons per second. Construction began in 1961, by 1968 the project was completed. My mother, June (Taylor) Alsbury's cousins worked on the Bennett Dam project during 1960's construction, her cousins remained in Hudson's Hope B.C. working as trappers until their subsequent deaths, 1st brother died in the late 1990's followed by the other brothers death in the early 2000's. Mark & Carol (Alsbury) also resided in Hudson's Hope during the 1980's for Mark's job posting with the Fish & WIldlife department.
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in Hudson's Hope, Peace River County, British Columbia Canada
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