The Bersimis-2 generating station is a dam and a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station built by Hydro-Québec on the Betsiamites River in Lac-au-Brochet 66 km (41 mi) north of the town of Forestville Quebec. Construction started in 1956 and the power station was commissioned in 1959 with an initial nameplate capacity of 655 megawatts.It is the second of two plants built by Hydro-Québec on the Betsiamites.
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