Rivière Saint-François
The Rivière Saint-François is a right tributary of the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the Canadian province of Québec .
280 km long, according to Francis of Assisi named River drains an area of 10,230 square kilometers, of which 14% to inflows in the south bordering the US state of Vermont .
The river has its source in Lac Saint-François in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains , around 15 km south of the town of Thetford Mines . The Barrage Allard is located at the outflow of the Lac Saint-François. It initially flows in a south-westerly direction. It flows through the Lac Aymler reservoir , which is dammed by the Aymler Barrage . Shortly before Sherbrooke it describes a striking 90 ° bend and turns northwest into the flat plain of the Saint Lawrence Valley. Here its main tributaries flow into the river from the left: Rivière Massawippi and Rivière Magog . About 15 kilometers above Drummondville , a bend in the river has the shape of a duck's head and is accordingly known as "le Bec du Canard". At the village of Pierreville , the river finally flows into Lac Saint-Pierre , which forms part of the river. One kilometer southwest of the mouth of the Saint-François is that of the Rivière Yamaska .
Hydropower plants
The 225 m gradient of the Rivière Saint-François is used by several hydropower plants with a total installed capacity of more than 55 MW.
There are two hydro-Québec (HQ) hydroelectric power stations on the river .
Hydro-Sherbrooke operates two smaller hydropower plants on the Rivière Saint-François - at Weedon ( ⊙ ) and at Westbury ( ⊙ ).
Boralex operates a run-of-river power plant ( ⊙ ) near East Angus . The power plant from 1898 was renewed in 1992. It has an installed capacity of 2 MW with a fall height of 5.3 m.
Another hydropower plant ( ⊙ ) was commissioned on January 21, 1996 near Windsor . It has 5 Kaplan turbines with a total output of 5.5 MW and uses a head of 5.6 m.
The Barrage de la Chute-Hemmings ( ⊙ ) was completed in 1924. It has a height of 18 m, a length of 701 m and a storage volume of 20 million m³.
The Barrage de Drummondville ( ⊙ ) was built in 1914, has a height of 22 m, a length of 919 m and a storage volume of 1 million m³.
At Bromptonville , northwest of Sherbrooke, the Barrage Larocque is on the river. The hydropower plant located there ( gelegene ) has an output of 9.9 MW and is operated by Kruger Energy .
The hydropower plants in the downstream direction:
| Surname | completion position |
Power [MW] |
Number of turbines |
Drop height [m] |
operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weedon | 1914-1915 / 1993 | 3.7 | 6th | 10 | Hydro-Sherbrooke |
| Westbury | 1929 | 4.8 | 2 | 10 | Hydro-Sherbrooke |
| East Angus | 1898/1992 | 2.0 | n / A | 5.3 | Boralex |
| Bromptonville | 9.9 | Kruger Energy | |||
| Windsor | 1996 | 5.5 | 5 | 5.6 | Innergex |
| Chute hemmings | 1925 | 29 | 6th | 14.64 | HQ |
| Drummondville | 1910-1925 | 16 | 4th | 9.10 | HQ |
Web links
- COGESAF (Protection Association of Saint-François)
- Photo of the "duck head"
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Atlas of Canada - Rivers
- ↑ Water Survey of Canada: Station 02OF002 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hydro-Sherbrooke - Centrale Westbury ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Hydro-Québec - Hydroelectric Generating Stations
- ↑ Hydro-Sherbrooke - Centrales ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b boralex.com (PDF)
- ↑ innergex.com
- ↑ Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Barrage de la Chute-Hemmings
- ↑ Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Barrage de Drummondville
- ^ Hydro Bromptonville . Kruger Energy. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
