- Aguasabon River
Infobox River
river_name = Aguasabon River
image_size = 300px
caption = Aguasabon Gorge and Falls nearTerrace Bay, Ontario .
origin =Long Lake
mouth =Lake Superior
basin_countries =Canada
length = convert|70|km|mi|0|lk=on
mouth_elevation = convert|183|m|ft|0|lk=onThe Aguasabon River (IPAEng|ˌɑːɡwəˈsɑːbɨn) is a
river in Thunder Bay District,Ontario ,Canada . The river originates atLong Lake and empties intoLake Superior .The Aguasabon is convert|70|km|mi|0 in length, and plunges down convert|30|m|ft|0 at
Aguasabon Falls near Terrace Bay. The river follows fractures in the 2.6 billion-year-old bedrock, and the exposed rock isgranodiorite . ["Terrace Bay.com" [http://web.archive.org/web/20070101115735/http://www.terrace-bay.com/Gorge2.html Aguasabon Falls and Gorge] . Retrieved17 October 2007 .]In
1948 , the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, nowOntario Power Generation , diverted the waters ofLong Lake to empty through the Aguasabon river intoLake Superior , rather than flowing towardsHudson Bay via theKenogami River .Aguasabon station
Aguasabon Station is a two unit
hydroelectric power plant run byOntario Power Generation . ["Ontario Power Generation" [http://www.opg.com/power/hydro/northwest_plant_group/aguasabon.asp Aguasabon Station] . Retrieved17 October 2007 .] It generates power to support theKimberly-Clark pulp and paper plant atTerrace Bay, Ontario .In 1945, the
Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario began preliminary survey work for a planned hydroelectric facility in the Terrace Bay area. The commission received criticism from the cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, due to its location far from those communities, but the plan went ahead when the Long Lac Pulp and Paper Company founded a town on Terrace Bay and constructed a newpulp mill .Construction of commenced in 1946 and the facility was operating in 1948. The development required five million hours of labour, a network of access roads, and the erection of 25 buildings including staff housing, a hospital, administration office, pump house, machine shops and laundry. The dam enlarged Hays Lake to five hundred times its original size, and forced the relocation of
Ontario Highway 17 , requiring a new bridge be constructed. ["Terrace Bay.com" [http://web.archive.org/web/20070101115735/http://www.terrace-bay.com/Gorge2.html Aguasabon Falls and Gorge] . "Follow the Course of the River" Retrieved17 October 2007 .]See also
*
List of Ontario rivers References
External links
* [http://www.opg.com/power/hydro/northwest_plant_group/aguasabon.asp Ontario Power Generation - Aguasabon Station]
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