Churchill Falls Generating Station
The Churchill Falls Generating Station is a hydroelectric underground power station in Labrador, Canada. At 5,428 MW, it is the sixteenth largest in the world, and the second-largest in Canada, after the Robert-Bourassa generating station in northwestern Quebec.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Churchill Falls.
Churchill Falls
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Churchill Falls in Labrador is one of the last company towns in Atlantic Canada. Its population of nearly 700 work for the Churchill Dam, a 5.4-gigawatt hydroelectric generating station, the third-largest hydroelectric station in North America.
Churchill Falls Generating Station
- Type: Power station
- Description: Hydroelectric generating station in Labrador Canada
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, waterfall, and industry
- Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.53076° or 53° 31′ 51″ northLongitude
-63.96785° or 63° 58′ 4″ westOperator
Newfoundland and Labrador HydroOpen location code
975RG2JJ+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 218607387Wikidata ID
Q1458507
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Churchill Falls Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “丘吉尔瀑布水电站”
- Chinese: “丘吉爾瀑布水力發電廠”
- Chinese: “丘吉爾瀑布水電站”
- Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Churchill Falls”
- Dutch: “Waterkrachtcentrale Churchill Falls”
- French: “centrale de Churchill Falls”
- French: “Centrale de Churchill Falls”
- French: “Centrale des chutes Churchill”
- Georgian: “ჩერჩილის ჩანჩქერის ჰიდროელექტროსადგური”
- German: “Wasserkraftwerk Churchill Falls”
- Japanese: “チャーチル滝発電所”
- Russian: “Churchill Falls”
- Russian: “Водопад Черчилля”
- Russian: “Черчилл-Фолс”
- Russian: “Электростанция Черчилл-Фолс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Churchill Falls”
- Swedish: “Churchill Falls vattenkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Черчилл-Фоллз”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Черчилл-Фолс”
- Vietnamese: “Thủy điện Churchill Falls”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nalcor Occupational Health Office and Donald Gordon Multiplex.
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