The Kootenay Canal is a hydroelectric power station, located 19 km downstream of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.

Water enters the canal from the Corra Linn headpond and for much of the year is diverted 4.5 km past Corra Linn Dam, City of Nelson Powerhouse,[4] Upper Bonnington, Lower Bonnington and South Slocan.

[7] Power generated at Kootenay Canal plant is fed into BC Hydro's provincial grid via two lines running south to Selkirk Switching Station, near the Seven Mile Generating Station.

[8][9] Kootenay Canal and Seven Mile generating stations together supplied 10% of BC Hydro's electricity requirements.

BC Hydro is allowed to divert water from five older hydroelectric plants owned by FortisBC and the City of Nelson.