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Dossier #88 · GRanD 2007

Passes Dangereuses

🇨🇦Canada · Peribonka River · near Arvida

Built 1943 · Dam · data quality: Good

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
48 m
Crest length
361 m
Reservoir capacity
5.2 km³
Reservoir area
278.2 km²
Average depth
18.6 m
Installed power
750 MW
Catchment
11,382 km²
Avg discharge
275,586 L/s
Elevation
433 masl
Degree of regulation
59.6 %

Notes

Lake is also called "Passes Dangereuses Reservoir"; reservoir was built 1943, main powerhouse (Chute-des-Passes) in 1959 with 750 MW capacity

Built 1943

Provenance

Record 88 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 49.9037, -71.2547.