Early electricity

Hydroelectric dams, generating stations and electrification.

Historic places
71Historic places
Built
1800–1955Built
Provinces and territories
10Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 10
  • Provincial 23
  • Municipal 38
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia15
  • Quebec13
  • Ontario12
  • Prince Edward Island8
  • New Brunswick7
  • Newfoundland and Labrador7
  • Saskatchewan4
  • Nova Scotia3
  • Alberta1
  • Manitoba1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 11 of the 60 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1800Site historique de la Chute-MontmorencyBoischatel, Quebec
  2. 1840Hyde Mill RuinsCity of Mississauga, Ontario
  3. 1851Groves MillTownship of Centre Wellington, Ontario

The register gives no construction date for 11 of these places.

All 71 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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