Poteau indicateur de direction - Manic 5, Québec
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N 50° 38.894 W 068° 44.024
19U E 518824 N 5610742
un poteau indicateur de direction situé près du barrage Manic 5, Québec / a direction post located near the Manic 5 dam, Quebec
Waymark Code: WMWGMK
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 09/03/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wilsonjw
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Ce poteau indicateur de direction est situé près du barrage Manic 5, Québec.

Selon Wikipedia, "la centrale Manic-5, la centrale Manic-5-PA et le barrage Daniel-Johnson forment un aménagement hydroélectrique d'Hydro-Québec situé sur la Côte-Nord du Québec, dans la MRC de Manicouagan, à 214 km au nord de la ville de Baie-Comeau.

Le complexe devait être inauguré le 26 septembre 1968 par le premier ministre du Québec Daniel Johnson, en compagnie d'autres dignitaires. Après une réception, où il paraît d'excellente humeur dans une photo célèbre qui le montre serrant la main de l'ancien premier ministre Jean Lesage et le futur premier ministre René Lévesque, Johnson va se coucher. Il meurt d'une crise cardiaque pendant son sommeil. La mort du premier ministre sème la consternation au Québec et la cérémonie d'inauguration est annulée.

Elle est reprise par son successeur Jean-Jacques Bertrand, le 26 septembre 1969 qui inaugure le barrage, rebaptisé barrage Daniel-Johnson".

Source: Wikipedia

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This direction post is located near the Manic 5 dam, Quebec.

The Daniel-Johnson Dam (Manic 5) is located very near to Route 389 North, some 200 kilometers from the town of Baie Comeau.

According to Wikipedia,"the Daniel-Johnson Dam (French: Barrage Daniel-Johnson), formerly known as Manic-5, is a multiple-arch buttress dam on the Manicouagan River that creates the annular Manicouagan Reservoir.

The dam was named after Daniel Johnson, Sr., the 20th Premier of Quebec who was responsible for starting the project while being minister in Duplessis' government. Johnson died on 26 September 1968, on the day he was to preside over the scheduled inauguration of the dam. The facility is owned and operated by Hydro-Québec".

Source: Wikipedia
Date placed: 12/01/1968

Historic significance:
Placé par Hydro-Québec près du barrage pour indiquer les distances de cette localité éloignée de toute civilization. Placed by Hydro Quebec near the dam in order to indicate the different distances from the dam to famous different places.


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