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Chicken Lake

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23 kilometres (14 mi) upstream along the Churchill River. Initial construction began in 1928 and the power station was in operation from 20 March 1929 until 5 June 1930 when No. 1 Unit at Island Falls took up the load. The Spruce Falls power plant was disassembled and the generating units were
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through the Swan River channel. Sisipuk Lake is a lake along the course of the Churchill River. Chicken Lake Dam is situated along Swan River connecting Chicken Lake to Sisipuk Lake. The Swan River, while only about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long, has a
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Davis, R.W. and Huffaker, M.F. Island Falls Power Development on the Churchill River, a paper presented at the annual general meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Winnipeg, MB, March,
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Marshall, M.H. Power Development at Island Falls, Churchill River, a paper presented at the Calgary Branch of The Engineering Institute of Canada, January 29, 1931.
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along the Swan River in the channel connecting Chicken Lake to Churchill River. It is 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) high. The dam is owned and operated by the
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is at the southern end of Chicken Lake. The reserve is also along the northern shores of Kipahigan Lake.
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was constructed on site. The power station was built to supply electricity for the construction of
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Chicken Lake Dam
Chicken Lake is located in Saskatchewan
Chicken Lake is located in Canada
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
55°31′08″N 101°57′35″W / 55.5189°N 101.9597°W / 55.5189; -101.9597
Type
Primary inflows
Kipahigan Lake
Primary outflows
Sisipuk Lake
Churchill River
Basin
Canada
Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
not a well-defined measure
Canadian province
Saskatchewan
Nelson
Churchill River
basin
channel
Kipahigan Lake
Sisipuk Lake
drainage basin
Kipahigan Sakahikan 222
Indian reserve
55°36′04″N 102°01′08″W / 55.6011°N 102.0189°W / 55.6011; -102.0189
Spruce Falls
Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
hydroelectric power station

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