Great Falls Generating Station is a hydroelectric dam on the Winnipeg River

Winnipeg River

The Winnipeg River is a Canadian river which flows from Lake of the Woods in the province of Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. This river is long from the Norman Dam in Kenora to its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. Its watershed is in area, mainly in Canada. About of this area is in northern...

 50°27′46"N 96°0′25"W approximately 130 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg in the Rural Municipality of Alexander

Alexander, Manitoba

Alexander is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. According to the Canada 2006 Census, this rural municipality, for the first time, ranked above 1,000 in terms of population. The town of Powerview-Pine Falls lies adjacent to the municipality, as does the Fort Alexander First Nation Indian...

 in the Canadian province of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

. The dam is owned and operated by Manitoba Hydro

Manitoba Hydro

Manitoba Hydro is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1961, it is a provincial Crown Corporation, governed by the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board and the Manitoba Hydro Act. Today the company operates 15 interconnected generating stations. It has...

, and has a generating capacity of 130 megawatts. The Winnipeg Electric Railway Company began building the dam in 1914, first power delivered in 1922, and completion in 1928.