Chats Falls

Chute-des-Chats generating station
The Chats Falls generating station.
Official nameCentrale de la Chute-des-Chats[1]
Coordinates45°28′30″N 76°14′18″W / 45.47500°N 76.23833°W / 45.47500; -76.23833
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsOttawa River
Reservoir
CreatesChats Lake (Lac des Chats)
Power Station
Hydraulic headhead 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.

  1. ^ "Centrale de la Chute-des-Chats". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.