Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery
Paugan & Mercier Dams on the Gatineau River in Quebec Canada

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This will not work without Ultimate Terrain, as the rivers and lakes just won't be there. The Paugan and Mercier Dams are on the Gatineau River in Quebec, north of Ottawa. Both of them are for power generation, rather than water conservation; the Paugan power generation building sits at the bottom of the sluiceway below the dam and appears far larger than the dam itself; there is a separate overflow sluice system nearby. The Paugan Dam is around 30 miles north up the river from Ottawa and the Mercier a further 70 miles. The Mercier holds back a huge and irregularly shaped volume of water known as the Reservoir Baskatong, with numerous branching arms and islands, and you will recognise where the dam must be long before you see it.