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Chute-des-Chats generating station | |
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Official name | Centrale de la Chute-des-Chats[1] |
Coordinates | 45°28′30″N 76°14′18″W / 45.47500°N 76.23833°W |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Ottawa River |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Chats Lake (Lac des Chats) |
Power Station | |
Hydraulic head | head 16.16 meter (53 feet) |
Chats Falls (in French: Chute des Chats, meaning "Cat Falls") were a set of waterfalls on the Ottawa River, near Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario, and Quyon, Quebec, Canada. A hydroelectric generating station is now located here, owned and operated jointly by Hydro-Québec and Ontario Power Generation. It lies within the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Pontiac, Quebec.