Mica Dam - Kinbasket Dam, BC Driving north on BC highway #23 to Mica Dam, BC. Photo taken from highway above the Dam. Portions of the sign read - Kinbasket Lake, the huge reservoir created by the Mica Dam, BC, provides a essential part of the storage necessary to create the additional hydro generating potential and the flood control called for by the Columbia River Treaty. Nakusp - Revelstoke Highway Across and beside Arrows lake surrounded by snow cap mountains, who could ask for better scenic highway driving.