Travers Reservoir

Travers Reservoir
Location	Vulcan County, Alberta
Coordinates	50°13′10″N 112°50′22″W / 50.21944°N 112.83944°W / 50.21944; -112.83944Coordinates: 50°13′10″N 112°50′22″W / 50.21944°N 112.83944°W / 50.21944; -112.83944
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	10.1 km (6.3 mi)
Max. width	17 km (11 mi)
Surface area	22.5 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Average depth	18.3 m (60 ft)
Max. depth	39.6 m (130 ft)
Surface elevation	856 m (2,808 ft)
References	Travers Reservoir

Travers Reservoir is a reservoir on the Little Bow River in Alberta, build in 1954.

During the flooding in southern Alberta in June 2013, the dam was opened by Alberta Environment. Downstream waterflow increased from a normal 3 m³/s to 60 m³/s.^[1]

References

External links

• Atlas of Alberta Lakes

Hydrography of Alberta
Rivers	Athabasca Battle Beaver Bow Brazeau Crowsnest Elbow Hay Little Bow Milk North Saskatchewan Oldman Peace Pembina Red Deer Slave Smoky South Saskatchewan
Waterfalls	Athabasca Bow Bridal Veil Crescent Crypt Elbow Panther Sunwapta
Lakes	Athabasca Beaverhill Bistcho Claire Cold La Biche Lesser Slave Pigeon Ste. Anne Sylvan Utikuma Wabamun
Reservoirs	Abraham Barrier Brazeau Chestermere Kananaskis McGregor Minnewanka Glenmore Milk River Ridge Sikome Gleniffer
Glaciers	Athabasca Bow Columbia Icefield Crowfoot Hector Peyto Saskatchewan Vulture Wapta Waputik Icefield
Other	Hay-Zama Wetlands Peace–Athabasca Delta Whooping Crane Summer Range (wetlands)