Fosthall Creek Hydropower Project, Nakusp — Build Almanac

Stage: Proposedreported 30 Sep 2025
Value: C$50Mfrom BC Major Projects Inventory
Capacity: Not published
Owner: Fosthall Creek Power LP
Last checked: 30 Sep 2025

Stage timeline

Proposedreported 30 Sep 2025
ApprovedNot yet
Under constructionNot yet
CompleteNot yet

Proposed 19.4 MW hydropower project on Upper Arrow Lake, is 20 km northwest of Nakusp with a planned interconnection near Pingston IPP. The project has been accepted by BC Hydro standing offer program in Mar 2017. The BC Hydro Standing Offer Program (SOP) has been suspended.

From the project's description in B.C. Major Projects Inventory, Open Government Licence – British Columbia; shortened to whole sentences where long.

Facts

Type: Dams and power generation (hydro) · Dams and power generation in British Columbia
Location: Nakusp
Municipality: Nakusp
Province or state: British Columbia, Canada · All of Canada

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Latest updates

30 Sep 2025: first recorded here. BC Major Projects Inventory, 30 Sep 2025 edition.

Stage history

Proposed BC Major Projects Inventory: Proposed (as of 30 Sep 2025)
Proposed NRCan Major Projects Inventory: Announced & Planning (as of 1 Oct 2025)

Sources

BC Major Projects Inventory: MPI project 2528 (as of 30 Sep 2025)
NRCan Major Projects Inventory: MPI 2025 project 0188 (as of 1 Oct 2025)

Licences: Open Government Licence – British Columbia; Open Government Licence – Canada. Full credits: Data sources and licences.

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