Gouin Dam Explained

Gouin Dam
Location Map:	Canada Quebec
Coordinates:	48.3533°N -74.0991°W
Country:	Canada
Location:	Quebec, Mauricie, La Tuque
Opening:	1948
Owner:	Hydro-Québec
Dam Type:	Gravity dam
Dam Height Foundation:	26
Dam Length:	502
Dam Volume:	178900
Extra:	^[1]

The Gouin dam is a river infrastructure that created the Gouin Reservoir. This dam is the source of the Saint-Maurice River and is located in the town of La Tuque, in Mauricie, in province Quebec, in Canada.

Toponymy

The Gouin dam owes its name to Lomer Gouin (1861-1929), who was premier of Quebec between 1905 and 1920, federal minister of justice between 1921 and 1924 and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in 1929.^[2]

Geography

The Kikendatch Bay is formed by the Gouin dam which is located at:

• west of the mouth of the Wabano River (confluence with the Saint-Maurice River)
• south-east of the center of the village of Obedjiwan which is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir
• north-west of the center of the village of Wemotaci (north shore of the Saint-Maurice River)
• north-west of downtown La Tuque
• northwest of the mouth of the Saint-Maurice river (confluence with the St. Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières).^[3]

Infrastructure

Completed in 1948, the dam is equipped with a mini-hydroelectric power station fitted with two turbine-generator sets of 300 kW each, in order to meet the needs of the dam itself, of the staff residences of Hydro-Québec assigned to its maintenance and an outfitter located nearby.

• Height of the dam:
• Holding capacity:
• Height of the reservoir:
• Length of the structure:
• Type of dam: Concrete-gravity
• Type of foundation land: Roc. Class: A
• Level of consequences: Considerable
• Seismic zone: 1
• Reservoir area:
• Watershed area: ^[4]

See also

• Saint-Maurice River, a stream
• Gouin Reservoir, a body of water
• La Loutre Dam,
• Kikendatch Bay, one pass
• List of dams in Quebec

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barrage Gouin (Gouin Dam). Répertoire des barrages. Centre d'expertise hydrique. 2018-05-27. .
2. Web site: Barrage Gouin. Bank of place names in Quebec. Commission de toponymie du Québec. May 27, 2018. .
3. Distances measured from l Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) from the Department of Natural Resources Canada
4. http://wikimapia.org/4979534/fr/Barrage-Gouin Wikimapia - Accessed May 27, 2018