Crawling Valley Reservoir

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Crawling Valley Reservoir
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Crawling Valley Reservoir
Location County of Newell, Alberta
Coordinates 50°54′07″N112°21′10″W / 50.90194°N 112.35278°W / 50.90194; -112.35278
Basin  countriesFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Max. length12 km (7.5 mi)
Max. width7.2 km (4.5 mi)
Surface area25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Average depth5.2 m (17 ft)
Max. depth16 m (52 ft)
Surface elevation778 m (2,552 ft)
Settlements Bassano
References Crawling Valley Reservoir

Crawling Valley Reservoir, or Barkenhouse Lake, is a reservoir in Alberta. The reservoir uses the existing Crawling Valley, which was depression created as a meltwater channel created during the letting of the Laurentide ice sheet at the end of the last ice age. Construction of dams and canals began in 1983, diverting some water from the Bow River via the North Branch Canal, starting just upstream of the Bassano Dam (southwest of the town of Bassano, to fill the reservoir. The main drainage flowing from the Crawling Valley Reservoir flows through a continuation of the North Branch Canal, serving irrigation needs, with other outflow into the Matzhiwin Creek.