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Victoria Lake

Granite Canal

Meepaeg Reservoir

François

New Harbour

Georges Lake

Doyles

Codroy

Searston

La Poile

Tompkins

Cape Ray

West Bay

Flat Bay

Journois

Woodville

Millville

The BlockNorth Bay

Boswarlos

Maidstone

Red Brook

Coal Brook

Long Grade

Grey River

Black Duck

Cold Brook

Noels Pond

Shoal Point

New Harbour

Great Codroy

Diamond Cove

St. Andrew's

Georges Lake

Sheaves Cove

Shallop Cove

Mattis Point

Flat Bay West

Benoits Siding

Campbells Creek

Piccadilly Head

Barachois Brook

Three Rock Cove

Fox Roost-Margaree

Black Duck Brook-Winterhouse

Fox Island River-Point au Mal

Piccadilly Slant-Abrahams Cove

Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose

Ramea

Burgeo

Kippens

Lourdes

Gallants

Stephenville

St. George's

Burnt IslandsIsle aux Morts

Cape St. George

Port au Port East

Stephenville CrossingPort au Port West

Rose Blanche-Harbour Le Cou

Port aux Basques

Bay St. George South

St. Teresa

Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve (Parcel A)

Little Grand Lake Wildlife Reserve (Southern Parcel)Barachois Pond

Provincial Park

King George IV Ecological Reserve

Sandbanks Provincial Park

J. T. Cheeseman Provincial Park Big Barasway Wildlife Reserve

Codroy Valley Provincial ParkGrand Codroy Provincial Park

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Optional Locations for the Grounding Facility Project ComponentSubsea CableProject Study AreaProvincial Protected Area

T'Railway Provincial ParkExisting Transmission LineHighway or Major RoadArtierial, Collector, Local RoadFerry Route

Converter Station

Subsea Cable

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Substation

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Substation

Transition Compound

Western Newfoundland

A new transmission line approximately 300 km in length will be constructed between Granite Canal and Cape Ray. The line will originate at Granite Canal and follow adjacent to existing transmission lines to the Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro substation at Bottom Brook. A converter station will be constructed at Bottom Brook to convert high voltage alternating current (HVAC) to high voltage direct current (HVDC), this is an efficient way to transmit electricity and reduces losses on transmission lines. At the converter station an overhead line will extend approximately 20 km to a shore based grounding facility to be located in St. George’s Bay. The main transmission line will leave the converter station and follow a route of existing transmission lines to Cape Ray.

Cabot StraitApproximately two km inland from Cape Ray, the overhead cables will transition to underground cables. At an anchor site at Cape Ray two parallel HVDC subsea cables will extend under the sea approximately 180 km from Cape Ray, NL to Point Aconi, NS. The exact route is to be determined. At Point Aconi the subsea cables will transition approximately one km inland to overhead cables.

The subsea cable will be installed in a manner to protect it from interactions with fishing gear and other equipment and/or activities. This may include, but is not limited to, taking advantage of greater water depths, burying the cable, or protecting it with rock berm. Safety zones around the cables are currently not expected to be required based upon our careful approach to design. Once the cables are laid, navigation charts will be updated to show cable locations and notices sent out to mariners.