Gouin Dam
{{Short description|Dam on Gouin Reservoir, Quebec, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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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.
Toponymy
File:Réservoir et barrage Gouin, après 1918.jpg
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=26004|title=Barrage Gouin|author=Bank of place names in Quebec|website=Commission de toponymie du Québec|access-date=May 27, 2018}}.
Geography
The Kikendatch Bay is formed by the Gouin dam which is located at:
- {{cvt|4.4|km}} west of the mouth of the Wabano River (confluence with the Saint-Maurice River)
- {{cvt|71.0|km}} south-east of the center of the village of Obedjiwan which is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir
- {{cvt|55.3|km}} north-west of the center of the village of Wemotaci (north shore of the Saint-Maurice River)
- {{cvt|142|km}} north-west of downtown La Tuque
- {{cvt|252|km}} northwest of the mouth of the Saint-Maurice river (confluence with the St. Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières).Distances measured from l Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) from the Department of Natural Resources Canada
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: {{convert|26|m}}
- Holding capacity: {{cvt|27,795,000,000|m3}}
- Height of the reservoir: {{convert|24.2|m}}
- Length of the structure: {{convert|502|m}}
- Type of dam: Concrete-gravity
- Type of foundation land: Roc. Class: A
- Level of consequences: Considerable
- Seismic zone: 1
- Reservoir area: {{convert|142.7|ha}}
- Watershed area: {{cvt|9473|km2}}[http://wikimapia.org/4979534/fr/Barrage-Gouin Wikimapia - Accessed May 27, 2018]
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
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