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Churchill Falls

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Churchill Falls Formerly Grand Falls  (grnd)
A waterfall, 74.7 m (245 ft) high, of the upper Churchill River in southwest Labrador, Canada. There is a hydroelectric power plant at the falls.

Churchill Falls
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(Placename) a waterfall in E Canada, in SW Labrador on the Churchill River: site of one of the largest hydroelectric power projects in the world. Height: 75 m (245 ft.) Former name Grand Falls


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And the group from Churchill Falls was late since their car ran off a particularly icy stretch of the Labrador Highway and had to be towed out of a ditch.
In 1967, the Churchill River in Labrador was dammed to create hydro-electric power at the massive Churchill Falls power plant.
SHESHATSHIU, Labrador The controversy over the Churchill Falls power development in Labrador promises to last longer than the Hundred Years War, but the Innu Nation wants to be a part of it.
 
 
 
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