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The Gouin dam is a river infrastructure that created the Gouin Reservoir. This dam is the source of the Saint-Maurice River and is located in the town of La Tuque, in Mauricie, in province Quebec, in Canada.
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  Location of Gouin Dam in Quebec | |
| Country | Canada |
| Location | Quebec, Mauricie, La Tuque |
| Coordinates | 48.3533°N 74.0991°W |
| Opening date | 1948 |
| Owner(s) | Hydro-Québec |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity dam |
| Height (foundation) | 26 |
| Length | 502 |
| Dam volume | 178900 |
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Toponymy
The Gouin dam owes its name to Lomer Gouin (1861-1929), who was premier of Quebec between 1905 and 1920, federal minister of justice between 1921 and 1924 and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in 1929.[2]
Geography
The Kikendatch Bay is formed by the Gouin dam which is located at:
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi) west of the mouth of the Wabano River (confluence with the Saint-Maurice River)
- 71.0 km (44.1 mi) south-east of the center of the village of Obedjiwan which is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir
- 55.3 km (34.4 mi) north-west of the center of the village of Wemotaci (north shore of the Saint-Maurice River)
- 142 km (88 mi) north-west of downtown La Tuque
- 252 km (157 mi) northwest of the mouth of the Saint-Maurice river (confluence with the St. Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières).[3]
Infrastructure
Completed in 1948, the dam is equipped with a mini-hydroelectric power station fitted with two turbine-generator sets of 300 kW each, in order to meet the needs of the dam itself, of the staff residences of Hydro-Québec assigned to its maintenance and an outfitter located nearby.
- Height of the dam: 26 metres (85 ft)
- Holding capacity: 27,795,000,000 m3 (9.816×1011 cu ft)
- Height of the reservoir: 24.2 metres (79 ft)
- Length of the structure: 502 metres (1,647 ft)
- Type of dam: Concrete-gravity
- Type of foundation land: Roc. Class: A
- Level of consequences: Considerable
- Seismic zone: 1
- Reservoir area: 142.7 hectares (353 acres)
- Watershed area: 9,473 km2 (3,658 sq mi)[4]
See also
- Saint-Maurice River, a stream
- Gouin Reservoir, a body of water
- La Loutre Dam,
- Kikendatch Bay, one pass
- List of dams in Quebec
References
- "Barrage Gouin (Gouin Dam)". Centre d'expertise hydrique. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
Répertoire des barrages
. - Bank of place names in Quebec. "Barrage Gouin". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved May 27, 2018..
- Distances measured from l Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) from the Department of Natural Resources Canada
- Wikimapia - Accessed May 27, 2018
На других языках
- [en] Gouin Dam
[fr] Barrage Gouin
Le barrage Gouin est une infrastructure de rivière qui a engendré le réservoir Gouin. Ce barrage est la source de la rivière Saint-Maurice et est situé dans la ville de La Tuque, en Mauricie, dans la province Québec, au Canada.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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