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St. Margaret's Bay Hydroelectric System

St. Margaret's Bay Hydroelectric System St. Margaret's Bay Hydroelectric System - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The St. Margaret's Bay Hydroelectric System consists of three hydroelectric power plants (two collocated in the same building) and the related lake, dam, and river systems driving them. The system is situated within both Lunenburg County and the Halifax Regional Municipality, beginning approximately east of the Head of Saint Margarets Bay and approximately southwest of Hammonds Plains. The system is part of the East Indian River watershed and drains , with water storage provided in Lunenburg County by Mill Lake, Coon Pond, Sandy Lake, Wrights Lake, Big Indian Lake, Five Mile Lake and, at times, an overflow from Pockwock Lake in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The system is owned and operated by Nova Scotia Power Inc. Read more on Wikipedia

Source: en.wikipedia.org