| 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: | Separating Kootenay River and West Arm Kootenay Lake, W of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°27'59"N, 117°28'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/6 |
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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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Corra Linn Rapids were situated here, before construction of the Corra Linn Dam, completed in 1932. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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One dictionary identifies the Gaelic "corrach linne" as meaning "angry cataracts" or "precipitous water"; another that "linn" is the Gaelic word for waterfall(s). According to a Gazetteer of Scotland, Corra Linn and Bonnington Linn are about 1/2 mile apart on the River Clyde. Their British Columbia namesakes are about 1 mile apart. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |