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The Glenmore Reservoir is a large artificial reservoir on the Elbow River in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. The Glenmore Dam is the concrete structure that holds back the reservoir. The reservoir is a primary source of drinking water to the city. Built in 1932, with a cost of $3.8 million, the dam controls the downstream flow of the Elbow River, thus allowing the city to develop property near the river's banks with less risk of flooding.〔Watermarks - One Hundred Years of Calgary Waterworks, Written by ''Harry Sanders''. City of Calgary. 2000〕 The reservoir has a water mirror of and a drainage basin of . In 2014, the city announced plans to upgrade the dam at a cost of $81 million. ==History== Calgary pioneer Sam Livingston originally settled at the location of the reservoir, and he gave the name ''Glenmore'' (Gaelic for "big valley") to this area. The dam was completed on January 31, 1933〔 and was designed by William Gore and Bill Storie. When the area flooded (by the summer of 1933), part of the Livingston house was preserved and now stands in Heritage Park, which borders on the reservoir. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glenmore Reservoir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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