Identifier: n09ontariosession39onta (find matches)
Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, No.45-74
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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th find my report on Algoma and Thunder BayDistricts, extending northward to the height of land and westward80 as to include all of the watershed in the Province of Ontario drain-ing into Lake Superior and Lake Huron. The report deals ^vith the present consumption of and demandfor power, the sources of power developed or undeveloped and dis-cusses in detail certain developments within economical transmissiondistance of various present markets and indicates the cost of generat-ing and transmitting electrical energy necessary to meet the presentrequirements, based on 4 per cent, return on investment. Yoiirs Respectfully, CECIL B. SMITH, Chief Engineer. Toronto, Canada, March 15th, 1907. INDEX Part. Subject. Page.General Map of Rainy River District 1. Geographical Subdivisions 7 2. Demands for Power 7 3. Sources of Hydro-Electric Power 8 4. Generation of Power 10 /i luc uisinci. ijumoer- M II Hi 21 u ^ ^ NH ,*; r p: E^ 5 OD 1 3 : i*- V- t 5 Q 2 ^ - m V 1 : 4f Of yil I 4 1. 1 71 « U d »
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Hydro-Electric Power Commission. 7 PART I. GEOGRAPHICAL SUBDIVISIONS. This report will deal with the hydro-electric conditions and pres-ent requirements of the extreme western portion of the Province,embracing practically the district of Rainy River. This district isprobably the most copiously watered of any in the Province, waterpowers being abundant, and in many cases of considerable magni-tude. As in the case of Algonia and Thunder Bay districts, only theimportant water powers in the neighborhood of existing or prospec-tive industrial centres have been examined in detail, the more remotepower sources being discussed in a general way. The whole of the district under discussion is embraced by onedrainage area, being part of an immense system, the run-off of whichreaches tide-water in Hudsons Bay by way of the Winnipeg River,Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River. The rivers in this district, as a general rule, are large and fullflowing, with comparatively low heads, which disadvantage is

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