Seven Sisters Falls is a community in the

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. It is the location of

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's Seven Sisters Generating Station and the Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park. Seven Sisters Falls was named by

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for a series of seven

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that were located along the

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which are now the site of the hydroelectric dam.

References

Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba {{manitoba-geo-stub