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CANADA'S VAST WATER POWER RESOURCES

At the beginning of 1935 a little more than 17$ per cent, of the present recorded water power resources of Canada, had been developed. The surveyed water power resources of the dominion will ultimately permit of a turbine installation of about 43,700,000 horse-power. ' By far the greater part of the development of power to date has been for central electric stations engaged in the sale of electricity to meet the general industrial, commercial, municipal, agricultural, and domestic demands of the public. The total installations supplying power to central electric stations amount to 6,589,941 horse-power ? or 87 1-3 per cent, of the dominion’s total installations. Pulp and paper mills have an aggregate installation of 605,346 horse-power, or 8 per cent, of the total, while installations for such industries as mining, electro-chemical plants, saw grist and _ grinding mills, machine shops, municipal pumping plants, and electric railways totalled 351,748 horse-power. A point of great interest to consumers of power is the low cost of hydro-electncity throughout Canada. After deducting revenue received from interstations sales, the average revenue per kilowatt hour received from the actual consumer is only .703 per cent. This low cost has resulted in a widespread distribution of hydro-electricity and a constantly increasing diversity of uses in domestic, commercial, and industrial life.

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Evening Star, Issue 22085, 19 July 1935, Page 9

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CANADA'S VAST WATER POWER RESOURCES Evening Star, Issue 22085, 19 July 1935, Page 9

CANADA'S VAST WATER POWER RESOURCES Evening Star, Issue 22085, 19 July 1935, Page 9