{"id":60277,"date":"2023-09-05T14:32:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/?p=60277"},"modified":"2024-06-08T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T16:00:18","slug":"5-chutes-du-quebec-sauvees-barrages-hydroelectriques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/5-chutes-du-quebec-sauvees-barrages-hydroelectriques\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Quebec waterfalls saved from private hydroelectric dams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ce n\u2019est un secret pour personne : il y a tant de belles chutes au Qu\u00e9bec!<\/p>

Vous pouvez acc\u00e9der ici au Guide des chutes du Que\u0301bec<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>

Mais saviez-vous que plusieurs seraient probablement disparues sans l\u2019op\u00e9ration Adopt a river<\/a>? This movement led by citizens and artists caused the Quebec government to falter, as it planned to authorize the construction of private hydroelectric dams. Result: 36 falls on around twenty rivers in Quebec were saved! A victory for nature and for the emergence of ecotourism projects. She even gave the inspiration she needed to Roy Dupuis<\/a> and his allies to co-found the Fondation Rivi\u00e8res!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Here are 5 magnificent falls in Quebec and useful information for visiting them<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Canyon Sainte-Anne waterfalls, Capitale-Nationale<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sainte-Anne waterfall by Pierre Leclerc<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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You have certainly already visited it: the Sainte-Anne Falls canyon in Quebec welcomes several thousand people each year! This important recreational tourism site has not always had such an appearance. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Sainte-Anne River was used for floating logs and was even dynamited to facilitate their descent. In 1965, Jean-Marie and Laurent McNicoll purchased the wooded land surrounding the falls and leased the banks of the river from Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec. The first visitors had access to the Sainte-Anne Falls canyon almost a decade later.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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