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Smallwood Reservoir, Churchill Falls generating station, largest capacity in North America (5,428 MW installed, expandable to 9,252 MW); the world's second-largest reservoir. Ossokmanuan Reservoir, Twin Falls generating station (diverted to Churchill Falls) Cat Arm Reservoir, Cat Arm Hydroelectric Generating Station
It is the largest body of water in Quebec [2] and the second largest reservoir in Canada. The Caniapiscau Reservoir, formed by two dams and forty-three dikes, is the largest reservoir in surface area of the James Bay Project. As headpond, it feeds the power plants of the La Grande complex in the winter and provides up to 35% of their production ...
Manicouagan Reservoir (also Lake Manicouagan / m æ n ɪ k w ɑː ɡ ən,-ɡ ɒ̃ /; French: [manikwaɡɑ̃]) is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada, covering an area of 1,942 km 2 (750 sq mi). The lake island in its centre is known as René-Levasseur Island , and its highest point is Mount Babel .
Caniapiscau (English: / ˌ k æ n i ə ˈ p ɪ s k oʊ /; French pronunciation:) is a vast unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, part of Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality. The territory is home to the huge Caniapiscau Reservoir, the largest body of water in Quebec and the second-largest reservoir in Canada ...
1 Canada's largest lakes. 2 Alberta. 3 British Columbia. 4 Manitoba. ... Bras d'Or Lake is the largest lake in Nova Scotia with an area of 1,099 km 2 (424 sq mi). The ...
The dam impounded the Manicouagan River, which filled the Earth's fifth largest confirmed impact structure, the Manicouagan impact structure, creating Manicouagan Reservoir. [20] Coincidentally, the reservoir itself is the fifth largest in the world as well. [21]
For example, a small dam, two hydroelectric plants, and locks on the outlet of Lake Superior make it possible to artificially control the lake level. Certainly, the great majority of the lake is natural. However, the control of water that can be held in reserve means a portion of the vast lake functions as a reservoir.
Terzaghi Dam is the key diversion dam in BC Hydro's Bridge River Power Project.It forms the project's largest reservoir, Carpenter Lake west of Lillooet.Originally known as the Mission Dam, it was renamed Terzaghi Dam in 1965 to honor Karl von Terzaghi, the civil engineer who founded the science of soil mechanics.