Mactaquac, New Brunswick
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Mactaquac is a community in the
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of
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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 turbin ...
, a
hydroelectric dam Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
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 constr ...
and Treego Mactaquac.


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Communities in York County, New Brunswick {{YorkCountyNB-geo-stub