Lake Level Statisics

RAINY LAKE WATERSHED INFORMATION

Area upstream of International Falls

14,500 square miles (37,555 square kilometers) total area

10,135 square miles (26,250 square kilometers), or 70%, in Canada

4,365 square miles (11,305 square kilometers), or 30%, in the United States

2,025 square miles (5,245 square kilometers) water

12,475 square miles (32,310 square kilometers) land

International Falls/Fort Frances Dam

Controls the level of Rainy Lake
The dam straddles the Canadian/United States border
United States side (Boise Cascade owned and operated)

7 hydroelectric waterwheel generators
No spillway gates

Canadian side (Abitibi-Consolidated owned and operated)

8 hydroelectric waterwheel generators
15 spillway gates

Water is shared between the two owners

NAMAKAN LAKE WATERSHED INFORMATION

Area upstream of Kettle Falls

7,200 square miles (18,648 square kilometers) total area

3,290 square miles (8,521 square kilometers), or 46%, in Canada

3,910 square miles (10,127 square kilometers), or 54%, in the United States

1,000 square miles (2,590 square kilometers) water

6,200 square miles (16,058 square kilometers) land

Kettle Falls and Squirrel Falls Dams

Control the level of Namakan and Kabetogama Lakes
The Kettle Falls Dam straddles the Canadian/United States border

United States side (Boise Cascade owned and operated)

2 spillway gates
1 fish ladder spillway gate (always open)
No hydroelectric waterwheel generators

Canadian side (Abitibi-Consolidated owned and operated)

2 spillway gates
No hydroelectric waterwheel generators

The Squirrel Falls Dam is entirely in Canada (Abitibi-Consolidated owned and operated)

4 spillway gates

1 fish ladder spillway gate (always open)

No hydroelectric waterwheel generators