Seven Sisters Falls | |
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Location of Whitemouth in
Manitoba | |
Coordinates: 50°06′19″N 96°00′54″W / 50.10528°N 96.01500°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Region | Eastman |
Rural Municipality | Whitemouth |
Established | 1929 |
Government | |
• MP ( Provencher) | Ted Falk (CPC) |
• MLA ( Lac du Bonnet) | Wayne Ewasko |
Elevation | 268 m (879 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 180 [1] |
estimated | |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
Website | rmwhitemouth.com |
Seven Sisters Falls is a community in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth, Manitoba. [2]
It is the location of Manitoba Hydro's Seven Sisters Generating Station and the Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park. Seven Sisters Falls was named by fur traders for a series of seven rapids that were located along the Winnipeg River which are now the site of the hydroelectric dam. [3]