Sask Power Boundary Dam
ca May 2003 taken by my brother Don Gent
 Boundary Dam is Sask Power's largest
thermal generating station
and the largest lignite coal-burning station in Canada.

Coal fired station located near Estevan
It has six units
with a combined generating capacity of 813 net MW
-two 62 net MW units commissioned in 1959
-two 139 net MW units were added in 1970
-one 139 net MW unit was added in 1973
-one 273 net MW unit was added in 1978
electrostatic precipitators were added on all units in July 2003

Work on the dam site
for Boundary dam 1957
 

An Architect drawing,  Mar 1957 from the ENE direction

Aerial view of the area 1959

Between B & C is located the Saskatchewan Power Corporation
Steam Generated Power Plant, called Boundary Dam
Located only a few miles south of Estevan Saskatchewan
and few miles north of the North Dakota, USA border.

It supplies power to a huge part of Saskatchewan 
and parts of the States
All the Lignite Coal used in this plant,
 is mined nearby in the Estevan area
In 2003 the plant under went a major rebuild

 

Boundary Dam 1975  with Utility Coals Hauler in front