WITHOUT A TRACE

Pointe du Bois means "wooded point." Its hydroelectric power station was built in 1911 and is the oldest in Manitoba. The Pointe power station is small by today's standards, producing just 78 megawatts continuously, versus 1,340 megawatts at a Nelson River station like Limestone. Stil...

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Published inWinnipeg free press
Main Author BILL REDEKOP PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN GIGLIOTTI
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Winnipeg, Man FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership 27.04.2013
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Summary:Pointe du Bois means "wooded point." Its hydroelectric power station was built in 1911 and is the oldest in Manitoba. The Pointe power station is small by today's standards, producing just 78 megawatts continuously, versus 1,340 megawatts at a Nelson River station like Limestone. Still, Manitoba Hydro sees good value in the Pointe station. "Manitoba Hydro has an obligation to act in fiscally responsible manner," said [Glenn Schneider]. "You make decisions about the cost of doing these things and whether it's worth the input costs. There was a time we needed houses there when there was no road access and that changed when the road came." Manitoba Hydro's tenure certainly accelerated the deterioration of housing stock by keeping them vacant, residents say. Half of the 44 homes were occupied when Hydro took over in 2002. When people moved out, Hydro refused to let anyone move in. "People moved out of one house two years ago and it's already in disrepair," said [Mickie Chapman].
ISSN:0828-1785