Lac des Quinze

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Lac des Quinze
Barrage des Quinze
Location: Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Québec (Canada)
Tributaries: Ottawa River , Riviere Fraser
Drain: Ottawa River
Lac des Quinze (Québec)
Lac des Quinze
Coordinates 47 ° 32 '52 "  N , 79 ° 7' 26"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '52 "  N , 79 ° 7' 26"  W
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1923
Operator: Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
Data on the reservoir
Water surface 145 km²
Reservoir length 52 km
Reservoir width 11 km
Storage space 1308 million m³

Lac des Quinze is a reservoir on the upper reaches of the Ottawa River in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of the Canadian province of Québec .

It is located 20 km east of Lac Témiscamingue . Its area is 145 km². The storage capacity of the Lac des Quinze is 1308 million m³. The lake is dammed by the Barrage des Quinze dam. Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) operates the dam.

6 km downstream is another dam, the Barrage des Rapides-des-Quinze . The associated hydroelectric power station Centrale des Rapides-des-Quinze was built in 1923 and later expanded in 1948 and is operated by Hydro-Québec .

Individual evidence

  1. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac des Quinze
  2. ottawariverkeeper.ca (web archive)