Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station
The Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station was Canada’s first full-scale nuclear power plant and the second CANDU pressurised heavy water reactor. Its success was a major milestone and marked Canada's entry into the global nuclear power scene.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bruce Nuclear Power Development and Inverhuron Provincial Park.
Bruce Nuclear Power Development
Power station
Inverhuron Provincial Park
Park
Photo: Dger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inverhuron Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the shores of Lake Huron beside the small village of Inverhuron, Ontario, near Tiverton, Ontario, Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverhuron and Tiverton.
Inverhuron
Locality
Inverhuron is a community located in Bruce County within the Municipality of Kincardine in the Canadian province of Ontario. The community includes approximately 200 permanent residents and 400 seasonal cottagers.
Tiverton
Village
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tiverton is a community in the Municipality of Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. It is near the shore of Lake Huron on Highway 21 between Port Elgin and Kincardine.
Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
44.32267° or 44° 19′ 22″ northLongitude
-81.60256° or 81° 36′ 9″ westElevation
175 metres (574 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA 6ODOpen location code
86PW89FW+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1290790132OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
5942185
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station” goes by many names.
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Douglas Point”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Douglas Point”
- Spanish: “Douglas Point”
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