Seven Sisters Falls is a community in the
Rural Municipality of Whitemouth
The Rural Municipality of Whitemouth is a rural municipality located in southeastern Manitoba.
The community of Whitemouth is located in the municipality, which also contains the , and small parts of Manitoba's Agassiz Provincial Forest (in its ...
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It is the location of
Manitoba Hydro
The Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board, operating as Manitoba Hydro, is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1961, it is a provincial Crown Corporation, governed by the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Boa ...
's
Seven Sisters Generating Station
The Seven Sisters Generating Station is a hydroelectric generating station located on the Winnipeg River, in eastern Manitoba near Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba. The reservoir is called Natalie Lake and is used for recreational boating and fishi ...
and the
Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park
Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park located where the Whitemouth River joins the Winnipeg River in Manitoba, Canada. It was designated as a Provincial Park in 1974.
Significant archaeological assets are found within the park in ...
. Seven Sisters Falls was named by
fur traders
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the mo ...
for a series of seven
rapids that were located along the
Winnipeg River
The Winnipeg River is a Canadian river that flows roughly northwest from Lake of the Woods in the province of Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. This river is long from the Norman Dam in Kenora to its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. Its watershed is ...
which are now the site of the hydroelectric dam.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba