Mactaquac is a community in the
Canadian province
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of
New Brunswick
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in
York County around the intersection of
Route 105 and
Route 615.
Mactaquac is home to the
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 ...
, a
hydroelectric dam
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...
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
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 const ...
and
Treego Mactaquac.
Notable people
See also
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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
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