Abitibi Canyon Generating Station

Abitibi Canyon Dam
Abitibi Canyon Generating Station is located in Ontario
Abitibi Canyon Generating Station
Location of Abitibi Canyon Dam in Ontario
CountryCanada
LocationUnorganized North Cochrane District, Ontario
Coordinates49°52′40″N 81°34′15″W / 49.87778°N 81.57083°W / 49.87778; -81.57083
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening dateOctober 1933
Owner(s)Ontario Power Generation
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsAbitibi River
Installed capacity349 MW

Abitibi Canyon Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant owned by Ontario Power Generation on the Abitibi River. The station is located 80 km north of Smooth Rock Falls, within Pitt Township in Northern Unorganized Cochrane District, in Ontario, Canada.

This facility is the fifth downstream hydroelectric plant of six on the Abitibi River. Designed by George F. Hardy Company, the construction of this 349 MW facility began in 1930 and became fully operational in 1936.[1] Hydro One has a 500 kV transmission line along with a 230 kV line that runs south to Sudbury and continues all the way to Toronto to interconnect with the rest of the 500 kV network in Ontario.

  1. ^ "Abitibi Canyon Generating Station". www.opg.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.