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Mactaquac Heights, New Brunswick
Mactaquac may refer to: * Mactaquac Dam, a hydro-electric power generating facility on the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada * Mactaquac Provincial Park, a park located on the dam's headpond * Mactaquac, New Brunswick Mactaquac is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick in York County around the intersection of Route 105 and Route 615. Mactaquac is home to the Mactaquac Dam, a hydroelectric dam Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, ..., unincorporated community in the Fredericton area * Mactaquac (electoral district), a riding which elects members to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick * Tobique–Mactaquac, a riding which elects members to the Canadian House of Commons {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mactaquac Dam
The Mactaquac Dam is an embankment dam used to generate hydroelectricity in Mactaquac, New Brunswick. It dams the waters of the Saint John River and is operated by NB Power with a capacity to generate 670 megawatts of electricity from 6 turbines; this represents 20 percent of New Brunswick's power demand. Location Formally called the Mactaquac Generating Station, the dam and power house are located approximately upstream from the city of Fredericton. The dam is an embankment dam consisting of a rock-fill structure sealed by clay. It combines with two concrete spill-ways to form an arch across a narrow section of the river between the communities of Kingsclear on the west bank, and Keswick Ridge on the east bank. Construction Rising 40 metres in height above the river level, the reservoir (referred to locally as the "head pond" or Lake Mactaquac) covers 87 square kilometres and extends 96 kilometres upstream, near Woodstock. The dam and powerhouse are a "run of the river" d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mactaquac Provincial Park
Mactaquac Provincial Park is a Canadian provincial park with an area of . It is located on the Saint John River 15 kilometres west of Fredericton, New Brunswick in the community of Mactaquac. The park was created in the 1960s during the construction of the Mactaquac Dam. It contains a golf course, campground, two beaches, hiking trails, and cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ... trails in the winter. Activities There are activities such as kayaking, hiking, cross-country skiing, swimming and fresh water beaches. External links * Protected Planet DatabaseMactaquac Provincial ParkMactaquac Provincial Park Provincial parks of New Brunswick Geography of York County, New Brunswick Tourist attractions in York County, New Brunswick Beaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mactaquac, New Brunswick
Mactaquac is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick in York County around the intersection of Route 105 and Route 615. Mactaquac is home to the Mactaquac Dam, a hydroelectric dam located on the Saint John River. Mactaquac's main sources of recreation are boating, snowmobiling, horseback riding and other outdoor activities. Mactaquac is also the home of the Mactaquac Provincial Park and Treego Mactaquac. Notable people See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipalit ... References Communities in York County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mactaquac (electoral District)
York North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 1973 out of the old two member district of York by taking those parts of York County outside the city of Fredericton and north of the Saint John River. The districts boundaries were significantly altered in 1994 — losing the villages of Nackawic, Millville and surrounding communities — and its name was changed to Mactaquac as a result. In 2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ..., its boundaries were restored to nearly its original configuration and though the Electoral Boundaries Commission did not recommend a name change, the legislature later took the decision to revert it to its original name as well. Members of the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
