Canada : its history, productions and natural resources . gan Falls, 73,-500; Peche, 375; Petite Nation River, 1,600; BlancheRiver, 1,600; Priests Creek, 240; Little Blanche River,250; Clay Creek, 120. Riviere du Lievre—Buckingham, 9,000 horse power;Rheaume Falls, 4,000; Dufiferin Falls, 12,500; UpperFalls, 12,500; Little Rapids, 500; Cascades, 2,000; HighFalls, 36,000. These figures give a total of 589,320 horse powerabove the city of Ottawa, and 269,683 horse power belowthe city, all of which is at present unused—the total inuse being 58,400, giving a grand total of 917,403 horsepower. This
Canada : its history, productions and natural resources . gan Falls, 73,-500; Peche, 375; Petite Nation River, 1,600; BlancheRiver, 1,600; Priests Creek, 240; Little Blanche River,250; Clay Creek, 120. Riviere du Lievre—Buckingham, 9,000 horse power;Rheaume Falls, 4,000; Dufiferin Falls, 12,500; UpperFalls, 12,500; Little Rapids, 500; Cascades, 2,000; HighFalls, 36,000. These figures give a total of 589,320 horse powerabove the city of Ottawa, and 269,683 horse power belowthe city, all of which is at present unused—the total inuse being 58,400, giving a grand total of 917,403 horsepower. This estimate, as has been stated, is for water powerwithin a radius of 50 miles of the city. Beyond that no detailed estimate has beenMillion and provided. Mr. Andrew Bell has estimateda Half. the aggregate water power available be- tween Ottawa and Mattawa (200 miles) at1,476,000 horse power. The engineers of the projected Montreal and Ottawaand Georgian Bay Canal estimate the water power de-veloped along the route of the canal at 700,000 horsepower. ;. CANADIAN HANDBOOK. 127 On Sturgeon River, emptying into Nipissing Lake,and, therefore, tributary to the projected canal, the poweravailable at Sturgeon Falls, Smoky Falls, and one ortwo other points, is approximately 50,000 horse power,part of it being utilized by the Imperial Paper Company,already mentioned. On the Montreal River there is a 150 feet fall withinthe first three miles, and a 180 feet fall in the distance,to Lake Temagami. All this immense reservoir of power is included in300 miles of a river which is over 600 miles long. Still further, the building of the damsproposed in connection with the Mont- Power Fromreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal, it a calculated will increase the power be-tween Sturgeon Falls and Montreal by 500,000 horsepower—which is equal to the amount developed on theUnited States side of Niagara Falls. The deep and sombre River Saguenay actsas the drain of Lake St. John. This lake is
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