Gouin Dam
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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| Country | Canada |
| Location | Quebec, Mauricie, La Tuque |
| Opening date | 1948 |
| Owner(s) | Hydro-Québec |
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| 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 kilometres (2.7 mi) west of the mouth of the Wabano River (confluence with the Saint-Maurice River);
- 71.0 kilometres (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 kilometres (34.4 mi) north-west of the center of the village of Wemotaci (north shore of the Saint-Maurice River);
- 142 kilometres (88 mi) north-west of downtown La Tuque;
- 252 kilometres (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 meters.
- Holding capacity: 27,795,000,000 m³.
- Height of the reservoir: 24.2 meters.
- Length of the structure: 502 meters.
- Type of dam: Concrete-gravity.
- Type of foundation land: Roc. Class: A.
- Level of consequences: Considerable.
- Seismic zone: 1.
- Reservoir area: 142.7 ha.
- Watershed area: 9473 km2[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
Notes and 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.