With the development of the iron ore mines in western Labrador and Schefferville and the construction of the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway in 1954, development of Hamilton Falls — as they were then known — as a power source, became feasible.
Вместе с развитием шахт по добыче железной руды в западном Лабрадоре и строительством железной дороги «"Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway"» в 1954 создание гидроэлектростанции на реке стало экономически оправданным.