Bell Falls power station could restart as Hydro-Québec consults municipalities and First Nations – The Review Newspaper
Dec 5, 2025
Hydro-Québec has approached the Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC) d’Argenteuil and the Indigenous communities of Kanesatake near Oka and Kitigan Zibi near Maniwaki regarding the potential restart of the Bell Falls hydroelectric station, with the municipal and First Nations groups acting as promoters and taking on responsibility for renewed generation capacity. The Bell Falls station was constructed along the Rivière Rouge in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in 1915.
Restarting the station could help advance these goals through reinvestment in the decommissioned site.
Bell Falls once generated up to 10 megawatts (MW) before being decommissioned in 2011, producing enough electricity to supply approximately 5,000 Québec homes.
