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Muskrat Falls

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published in 1992, but was thought to be unsupported. In 2010, coast guards searching for three men who died after being carried over Muskrat Falls found a 30-metre-long (98 ft) object on the bottom of the
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potential of Muskrat Falls was recognized in the early 1900s when the Grand River Pulp and Lumber Company proposed to build a
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survey was carried out to determine the hydro potential of the site. The site will be developed as part of the
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along with a paper mill. Neither was ever constructed. In the early 1970s an engineering and
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had beached it at the falls when they decided to withdraw from
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waterfall
Churchill River
Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Labrador
hydropower
dam
geotechnical
Lower Churchill Project
methylmercury
Inuit
submarine
World War II
Churchill River
U-boat
53°14′44″N 60°46′17″W / 53.24556°N 60.77139°W / 53.24556; -60.77139
List of waterfalls of Canada
Lower Churchill Project
"Scientists back Inuit in efforts to limit mercury poisoning risk from Muskrat Falls hydro project - Technology & Science - CBC News"
"Not just Muskrat Falls: Harvard study identifies higher health risk in 11 other hydro projects - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News"
"How Activists Are Resisting a Megadam That Threatens 'Cultural Genocide'"
"Book Review: Hard Aground"
the original
"German U-boat may be at bottom of Labrador river"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
"Group on mission to prove there is truth in legends that Nazi submarines went far inland from Canadian coast"
"GeoNames Query -Muskrat Falls: Query Record Details"
the original
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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