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Wildwood Dam

Coordinates: 43°15′45.97″N 81°4′26.44″W / 43.2627694°N 81.0740111°W / 43.2627694; -81.0740111
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Wildwood Dam
Official nameWildwood Dam
Coordinates43°15′45.97″N 81°4′26.44″W / 43.2627694°N 81.0740111°W / 43.2627694; -81.0740111
Construction began1962
Opening date1965
Construction cost$3.5 million
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsThames River
Length9.3 kilometres

Wildwood Dam is a dam located on Trout Creek in Perth South, Ontario, which flows into the North Thames River in the Town of St. Marys. 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) and its tributaries.

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  1. ^ "Upper Thames River Conservation Authority". Retrieved 2009-01-08.