Wildwood Dam

Wildwood Dam
Official name Wildwood Dam
Coordinates 43°15′45.97″N 81°4′26.44″W / 43.2627694°N 81.0740111°W / 43.2627694; -81.0740111Coordinates: 43°15′45.97″N 81°4′26.44″W / 43.2627694°N 81.0740111°W / 43.2627694; -81.0740111
Construction began 1962
Opening date 1965
Construction cost $3.5 million
Dam and spillways
Impounds Thames River
Length 9.3 kilometres

Wildwood Dam is a dam located on Trout Creek, upstream of the Town of St. Marys, Ontario. Wildwood Dam is designed for flood control and flow augmentation purposes.

It cost: $2 million to build—Provincial government 37.5%, Federal government 37.5%, UTRCA 25% (benefitting watershed municipalities) [1] It is one of three dams on the Thames River (Ontario).

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