TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL | Top 10,000 Places to Visit in Canada
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They gather, strengthen, enhance, and interpret the rich heritage of our people through exhibitions and cultural programming in a language, arts, crafts, songs, dance, legends, stories, and traditional activities by celebrating and sharing traditional skills, knowledge, and values of our ancestors.
Chisasibi is a Cree village on the eastern shore of James Bay, on the south shore of La Grande River.
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La Grande River in northwestern Quebec rises in the highlands of north-central Quebec and flows roughly 900 km west to drain into James Bay. It is the second largest river in Quebec, surpassed only by the Saint Lawrence River.
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The World’s Largest Underground Generating Station
Head up to Baie-James (James Bay)! At the end of the road, you’ll find 7,722 MW of power-generating capacity and splendid northern vistas.
Look up at the towering dam—as high as a 53-storey building! Marvel at the “giant’s staircase” with ten enormous steps, each the size of two football fields!
No matter where you look, you’ll be amazed by the gigantic scale of this imposing site.
The Robert-Bourassa generating station, formerly known as La Grande-2, is a hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-QuĂ©bec’s James Bay Project in Canada.
Photos: hydroquebec.com
In 6 minutes from Belvédère Robert-Bourassa, you will find this fantastic lookout with an amazing view and a great hike.
Be sure to bring comfortable shoes and a camera because the views are breathtaking.
Photo: Google Street View
On the edge of the Canadian Shield, the heart of the boreal forest lies the last of the La Grande Complex facilities: La Grande-1.
This run-of-river power plant, made of 640,000 m3 of concrete—enough to build a sidewalk from Montréal to Miami—will impress you with its drive shafts measuring over 2 m in diameter.
The La Grande-1 is a hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-QuĂ©bec’s James Bay Project.
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Newly constructed nine-bedroom B&B style establishment offering magnificent views of the La Grande River by the shores of Chisasibi Quebec
Photo: https://www.aubergechisasibi.ca
Well known place in Chisasibi, where visitors stay. One of the most treasured Cree values is to show respect together and to treat them with kindness and care. With this sentiment, this location welcomes guests to stay under the northern lights and make your stay memorable.
Photo: Google Maps, Hotel Waastooskuun
