Ragged Chute

Ragged Chute is located on the Montreal River, about 25 kilometres south of New Liskeard, Northern Ontario. The site was originally developed in 1910 to supply compressed air to the local silver mining community in nearby Cobalt.

The Ragged Chute hydro plant was commissioned in the spring of 1991, and generates an average of 43,700 megawatt-hours annually, representing a capacity utilization factor of 75 per cent.

Today, the still-working air plant co-exists with the hydro facility, a blend of old ingenuity with modern technology. The facility uses horizontal Kaplan turbines and a GE generator.

TransAlta owns and operates the Ragged Chute facility through its wholly owned subsidiary Canadian Hydro Developers.