Tours for elementary school groups

Carillon Generating Station

An enchanting location

Erected near Long-Sault, the historic site where Dollard des Ormeaux and his men fought the Iroquois, Carillon is the most powerful hydroelectric generating station on the rivière des Outaouais.

You can't visit the site without being impressed by the sheer size of the facilities. Enjoy the spectacular setting as you visit the lock and watch the boats go right through the dam!

To complete your stay, why not have a picnic in the attractive park next to the site?

An awe-inspiring experience!

Free guided tours for school groups

From mid-May to June 23
Monday to Friday, at 9:00, 10:30, noon, 1:30 and 3:00

Information and reservations

1 800 365-5229

Important

We suggest wearing flat and closed shoes.
Notice to pacemaker users.

Maximum number of visitors:
50, as available

Approximate duration:
75 minutes

NOTE: Visitors aged 18 years and over must present an official photo ID before they can tour the facility.

How to get there

For more detailed maps/directions, use Google Maps.

Other attractions

Carillon municipal park
Argenteuil Regional Museum

Carillon Canal National Historic Site of Canada
Maison du collecteur (toll collector's house), in Carillon

Tours adapted to the Québec Education Program

Elementary level

Cycle 2

Broad areas of learning

Environmental awareness and consumer rights and responsibilities
Health and well-being

Areas of learning and competencies

Science and technology:
competencies 1, 2 and 3
Social sciences: competencies 1 and 2
Mathematics: competency 3
Languages: competency 3

Essential knowledges related to competencies

Material world: energy, forces and motion, systems and interaction, techniques and instrumentation, appropriate language
Earth and space: matter, energy, appropriate language
Living things: matter, energy, systems and interaction, appropriate language
Iroquoian society around 1500
French society in New France around 1645
Interpreting change in a society and its territory
Arithmetic, understanding and writing numbers: natural numbers
Measurement: lengths, surface areas, volumes, time
Exploration and use of vocabulary in context