| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Dam - A barrier constructed to hold back water, to raise and control its level and/or to form a reservoir. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On Columbia River, W. of Castlegar, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°20'24"N, 117°46'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted as a long-established name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Located 5 miles from Castlegar; 170 feet high; storage reservoir extends 145 mile to Revelstoke. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Originally known as "High Arrow Dam". Renamed Hugh Keenleyside Dam 10 June 1969 by Premier W.A.C. Bennett, after Dr. Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, who had been chairman of the British Columbia Power Commission and, in 1969, was retiring as co-chairman of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority. See BC Hydro magazine "Progress" - Summer 1966; Fall 1968; Summer 1969. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |