Ontario Power Generation

CRYSTAL FALLS STATION

PLANT GROUP: Central Hydro Plant Group
DRAINAGE BASIN: Lake Huron
RIVER: Sturgeon River
TRIBUTARY: French River
NEAREST POPULATION CENTRE: Sturgeon Falls (16 KM (10 Miles) Southwest)
IN SERVICE DATE: 1921
ACQUIRED BY HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO: 1937
FROM: Spanish River Pulp And Paper Company
Asset Transferred to Ontario Power Generation: April 1, 1999
NUMBER OF UNITS: 4
CONTROL: Northbury

HISTORICAL NOTE:
The Crystal Falls station was built by the Spanish River Pulp and Paper Company. At that time, it was named Smokey Falls generating station. In 1928, the Spanish River Pulp and Paper Company merged with the Abitibi Power and Paper Company.

The Commission assumed control in August 1937. It was purchased for the purpose of adding an additional source of power supply required by the increasing demands in the Sudbury and Nipissing areas.