The French River Dams

• Highest discharge capacity of the three dams.

• Summer lake level discharge capacity of 215 cubic meters per second into the French River.

Big Chaudière Dam

• Second highest discharge capacity of the three damns.

• Summer lake level discharge capacity of 185 cubic meters per second into the French River.

Little Chaudière Dam

• Lowest discharge capacity of the three dams.

• Summer lake level discharge capacity of 67 cubic meters per second.

• During the summer, two nearby natural overflows; Hall Chute and Island 'B' Channel, provide a flow of 26 cubic meters per second into the Little French River, which empties into the main channel of the French River.