Ontario Power Generation
NIPISSING GENERATING STATION
PLANT GROUP: Central Hydro Plant Group
DRAINAGE BASIN: Lake Huron
RIVER: South
NEAREST POPULATION CENTRE: Nipissing (2.4 KM (1.5 Miles) East)
IN SERVICE DATE: 1909
ACQUIRED BY HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO: 1916
FROM: Nipissing Power Company
Asset Transferred to Ontario Power Generation: April 1, 1999
NUMBER OF UNITS: 2
CONTROL: Northbury
HISTORICAL NOTE:
First electrical power available to the public on the east shores of Lake Nipissing was established in 1894. A steam engine, which operated a North Bay lumber mill, was hooked to an electric generator at night. This provided power for evening lighting only. The North Bay steam plant was destroyed by fire in 1923.
