Cania Dam is an embankment dam located in the Wide BayâÂÂBurnett region of Queensland, Australia. The dam is situated on Three Moon Creek, a tributary of the Burnett River, and is situated north west of Monto, in the locality of Cania.
Completed in 1982, the earth and rock-fill embankment dam forms a reservoir that has a surface area of , an average depth of and a capacity of .
The dam is named after the abandoned gold mining town of Cania, which was inundated by the lake as it filled. The reservoir is stocked with Australian Bass, Golden Perch, Silver Perch, and Saratoga under the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme; and a permit is required to fish in the reservoir.
In February 2003, after reaching a low of 3.31% of capacity, the reservoir overflowed again in late December 2010. The reservoir overflowed again in 2012, 2013 (reaching its highest recorded level of 133.32% capacity), 2015, and 2017.