Henday Converter Station

• Located in Gillam;
• Federal government and Manitoba Hydro reached financing agreement for DC facilities February 1966;
• Bipole II started October 1977;
• Stage 1 of Bipole II commissioned and placed in service October 1978;
• Bipole II completed May 1985;
• Manitoba Hydro purchased remaining years of financing agreement for DC facilities from federal government September 1992.

Built in 1977, Manitoba Hydro's Henday Converter Station was named after Anthony Henday, an eighteenth century trader who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company.

The Henday Converter Station is the northern terminus for Manitoba Hydro's Bipole II high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. It stands next to the Limestone Generating Station, which is located on the mighty Nelson River, and is 42 kilometres northeast of the Radisson Converter Station — the northern terminal for Hydro's Bipole I HVDC transmission system.

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