Poste Montagnais or Poste des Montagnais
is the site of
Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Québec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States.
It was established by the ...
's
electrical substation
A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions. Between the generating station and ...
Poste Montagnais ( en, Montagnais Substation) in the
Côte-Nord region, approximately south of the border of
Labrador. According to the
Canadian Geographical Names Database, part of
Natural Resources Canada, it is located in
Lac-Jérôme, in the extreme western part of the
Minganie Regional County Municipality[ but is in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality.
]
Power Substation
The substation was built in the 1970s along a series of 735kV transmission lines connecting to the Churchill Falls Generating Station and was the location of a failure that caused a major blackout throughout the province in September 1977. It was also the location of similar failures causing two blackouts in November 1988.John Ciaccia
John Ciaccia (March 4, 1933 – August 7, 2018) was an Italian-born Canadian politician who was provincial cabinet minister from Montreal, Quebec. Ciaccia served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1998, representing the M ...
.[ The second failure on November 26, 1988, was initially falsely attributed by Hydro Quebec to the magnitude 5.9 ]1988 Saguenay earthquake
The 1988 Saguenay earthquake struck Quebec, Canada with a moment magnitude of 5.9 on November 25. It is one of the largest recorded earthquakes in eastern Canada and eastern North America during the 20th century. The earthquake was felt by million ...
.[ In the mid-2010s additional transmission lines were constructed, connecting the substation to the ]Romaine-3
The Romaine-3 Generating Station (french: Centrale de la Romaine-3) is a 395 MW hydroelectric generating station on the Romaine River in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is owned and operated by Hydro-Québec.
Descr ...
and Romaine-4 Generating Station
The Romaine River is a river in the Côte-Nord region of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is long. It is not to be confused with the Olomane River that is to the east and had the same name for a long time. It flows south into the Gulf of Sai ...
s on the Romaine River in the Côte-Nord region.
Transportation
The substation is served by the Poste Montagnais Airport. It is also adjacent to mile 134 of the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway is a private Canadian regional railway that stretches through the wilderness of northeastern Quebec and western Labrador. It connects Labrador City, Labrador, with the port of Sept-Îles, Quebec, on the ...
.
Climate
Poste Montagnais has a subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...
( Köppen climate classification ''Dfc''), with long cold winters and short warm summers. The warmest temperature recorded was on June 23, 1989. The coldest temperature recorded was on January 30, 1976. Poste Montagnais has pretty much uniform precipitation throughout the year with slightly more in the summer months. During the winter Poste Montagnais accumulates of snow which melts in the spring.
References
Communities in Côte-Nord
Churchill Falls
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