Pointe du Bois Generating Station

Pointe du Bois spillway replacement project

• Construction started 1909;
• Construction completed 1926;
• Cost $3.25 million;
• Capacity 77 MW;
• Average annual generation 599 million kWh;
• Waterfall drop 14 m;
• Powerhouse:
  • Length 135 m.
• Sixteen turbine generators (15 double horizontal shaft Francis Turbines and one Straflo turbine);
• First unit in service 1911;
• Transmission lines:
  • Four 69-kV lines that run from Pointe du Bois to Rover Avenue;
  • Two 138-kV lines that run from Pointe du Bois to Slave Falls.

Winnipeg River - Pointe du Bois	Running time (2:37)
	Watch a short video on the history and development of this generating station. Watch all the videos in the Winnipeg River series.

Pointe du Bois Generating Station is located on the Winnipeg River, approximately 160 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, by road. This is currently the oldest power plant still in operation on the river. The Pointe du Bois Generating Station was built by City Hydro, later known as Winnipeg Hydro, and acquired by Manitoba Hydro in 2002.

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