page_title: Island Falls, Saskatchewan
hierarchical_section_title: Island Falls, Saskatchewan
caption_attribution_description: English: Island Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station, Saskatchewan, Canada taken July 17,2007. All my own work, released to public domain.
context_page_description: Island Falls is a hydroelectric power station operated by SaskPower, a Saskatchewan crown corporation. It is located on the Churchill River, about sixty miles northwest of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada.
  Island Falls was the first hydroelectric power plant in Saskatchewan. It was built between 1928 and 1930 by the Churchill River Power Company, a subsidiary of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting, to provide electricity for the HBM&S mining operations at Flin Flon and Cold Lake, Manitoba.
  The drainage basin above the power site covers much of northwest Saskatchewan, about 80,000 square miles. The drainage basin contains several large lakes providing natural reservoirs, the main one being Reindeer Lake.
  As part of the consolidation of generation sources in the province, SaskPower purchased the plant from HBM&S in 1981, which continued to operate it for several years. Since 1985 the plant is entirely owned and operated by SaskPower.
context_section_description: Island Falls is a hydroelectric power station operated by SaskPower, a Saskatchewan crown corporation. It is located on the Churchill River, about sixty miles (100 km) northwest of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada.
  Island Falls was the first hydroelectric power plant in Saskatchewan. It was built between 1928 and 1930 by the Churchill River Power Company, a subsidiary of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting, to provide electricity for the HBM&S mining operations at Flin Flon and Cold Lake, Manitoba.
  The drainage basin above the power site covers much of northwest Saskatchewan, about 80,000 square miles (210,000 km²). The drainage basin contains several large lakes providing natural reservoirs, the main one being Reindeer Lake (2,300 sq.mi.).
  As part of the consolidation of generation sources in the province, SaskPower purchased the plant from HBM&S in 1981, which continued to operate it for several years.  Since 1985 the plant is  entirely owned and operated by SaskPower.
caption: Island Falls powerhouse
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