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Free guided tour

Première-Chute Generating Station

 
Commissioned in 1968

NOTE: Visitors aged 18 years and over must present identification (health insurance card, driver's licence or passport) before they can tour the facility.

Not to be missed!


One of five hydroelectric stations on the upper Ottawa River, Première-Chute is the only one open to visitors in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Come discover its unique design, with two gravity dams and gates that swing up and down to let the water through or hold it back.

Première-Chute and its sister plant, Rapides-des-Îles, bear witness to Hydro-Québec's skyrocketing growth in the 1960s.

Well worth a visit!

Fact sheet
How to get there

Free guided tours
90 minutes
Mandatory
Flat, closed shoes
Reservations required (24 hours in advance) for groups of 15 to 50

Notice to Pacemaker Users


Season
June 24 to Labour Day (early Sept.)
Wednesday to Sunday
10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Information and reservations
819 949-4431
819 723-2535


Off-season
By appointment only (7 days in advance), for groups of 15 to 50

Information and reservations
819 764-5124, ext 4039

Other attractions
  • Chantier de Gédéon (reconstructed logging camp) and T. E. Draper interpretation centre
  • Fort Témiscamingue National Historic Site of Canada
  • Musée Guérin (religious heritage museum)
  • Maison du Frère-Moffet, in Ville-Marie
  • Lake Timiskaming Fossil Centre
Link: Hydro-Quebec's Home Page