Pointe du Bois is a small community located northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in an unincorporated section of Census Division No. 1

Division No. 1, Manitoba

Division No. 1 is located in the Eastman Region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the south-eastern corner of the province, lying between the Lake Winnipeg and Manitoba-Ontario border, and the US-Canada border...

. Pointe du Bois has a Manitoba Hydro

Manitoba Hydro

Manitoba Hydro is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1961, it is a provincial Crown Corporation, governed by the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board and the Manitoba Hydro Act. Today the company operates 15 interconnected generating stations. It has...

 generating station (at 50°18′13"N 95°32′24"W). It also has great fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 for pickerel

Pickerel

Pickerel may refer to:*Esox, the genus of fish commonly known as the pickerels which includes pike and muskellunge as well as other pickerel*American pickerel*Chain pickerel*Walleye, or Yellow Pickerel * Pickerel Frog...

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Winnipeg Hydro Tramway

Originally built from a connection with the CPR at Lac du Bonnet to the City of Winnipeg's Pointe du Bois hydroelectric generating station on the Winnipeg River, to facilitate the transportation of construction materials and workers. Passenger service by conventional mixed train began in 1908. Beginning in late 1911 a series of a gasoline trams and rail buses provided most passenger service. An extension to the remote Slave Falls generating station opened in 1929. In 1962 the Pointe du Bois to Lac du Bonnet line was abandoned, ending common carrier passenger service. Passenger travel between the two dams continues by gasoline tram, but is not open to the public.

In 1906, The City of Winnipeg Hydro Electric System (City Hydro)

Winnipeg Hydro

Winnipeg Hydro is a former provider of electrical power in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was established in 1906 and was purchased by Manitoba Hydro in 2002....

was formed as a publicly owned utility to check the power monopoly held by the privately owned Winnipeg Electric railway company (WERCo). Alderman John Wesley Cockburn, who held development rights to the Pointe du Bois Generating Station site on the Winnipeg River, surrendered these rights to the City for construction of a power plant there. The generating station was completed in 1911 and it is still in operation today.