Bonnington Falls

BONNINGTON FALLS, on the KOOTENAY R 18 km west of NELSON, is the site of 4 dams (Corra Linn, Upper Bonnington, Lower Bonnington and South Slocan) operated by WEST KOOTENAY POWER & LIGHT CO. This stretch of water has produced HYDROELECTRIC power since 1898, when the longest electrical transmission line then known carried power to the LeRoy Mine at ROSSLAND and later to COMINCO operations at TRAIL and KIMBERLEY. The city of Nelson owns a power plant at the Upper Bonnington dam and generates a...

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