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{{Infobox dam
| name                 = Laforge-1 generating station
| image                = LF1 Feb2006.JPG
| image_caption        = Aerial view of the Laforge-1 dam and reservoir
| name_official        = Laforge-1
| dam_crosses          = [[Laforge River]]
| location             = [[Baie-James]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| dam_type             = 
| dam_length           =
| dam_height           =
| plant_hydraulic_head = {{Convert|57.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| dam_width_base       =
| spillway_type        =
| spillway_capacity    = {{Convert|2510|m3/s|ft3/s|0|abbr=on}}
| construction_began   =
| opening              = 1994
| cost                 =
| owner                = [[Hydro-Québec]]
| res_name             = Laforge-1 Reservoir
| res_capacity_total   =
| res_catchment        =
| res_surface          = {{Convert|1288|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}}
| res_max_depth        =
| plant_operator       =
| plant_turbines       = 6 × 146.3 [[Megawatt|MW]] ([[Francis turbine]])
| plant_capacity       = 878 [[Megawatt|MW]]
| plant_annual_gen     =
| plant_commission     =
| plant_decommission   =
| location_map         = 
| location_map_caption =
| coordinates          = {{coord|54|10|00|N|72|37|00|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| website              =
| extra                = <small>Hydro-Québec, The La Grande Complex visitor booklet, 2004, {{ISBN|2-550-41276-1}}</small>
}}

The '''Laforge-1''' is a [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] power station on the Laforge River, a tributary of the [[La Grande River]], and is part of [[Hydro-Québec]]'s [[James Bay Project]]. Commissioned in 1993–1994, it generates up to 878 [[Megawatt|MW]] through the [[reservoir]] and [[dam]] system.

== See also ==
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* [[List of largest power stations in Canada]]
* [[Reservoirs and dams in Canada]]

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622180817/http://www.hydroquebec.com/visit/virtual_visit/ Hydro-Québec's La Grande Complex]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060328161226/http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/hydroelectric/la_grande/index.html La Grande System]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120042208/http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/hydroelectric/la_grande/laforge_1/index.html Laforge-1]

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[[Category:James Bay Project]]
[[Category:Dams in Quebec]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1994]]
[[Category:Dams on the Laforge River]]
[[Category:Publicly owned dams in Canada]]


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