Manicouagan (Manic) 2

This morning we visited the Manic 2 dam, one of 4 on the Manicouagan River. Collectively, Quebec Hydro dams provide 99% of the power in Quebec.

Also interesting, Manic 2 was renamed after Claude’s uncle, Jean Lesage, as a part of the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the dam.

Visiting the dam required us to leave pretty much everything in the van, including phones, so there are no pictures of the interior of the facility, just the photos from the bridge immediately below the dam.

They’re in the process of increasing the output of this hydro station by increasing the size of the alternators. To do this, they need to blast out post of the rock face on the right side of the dam to allow installation of a door big enough to allow the new equipment to enter the power generation hall.Read more