Trivia
- 50% of Lakeview’s total generation was produced between 1962 and 1976.
- Over Lakeview’s lifetime as a coal-fired facility, the station generated more than 215 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity for the people of Ontario. By comparison, the output would have been sufficient to provide all of Ontario’s electricity needs for approximately 1.4 years (based on 2004 153.4 TWh for Ontario).
- The station was shut down in April 2005. The closing is said to have the same impact as removing 30,000 cars off the road every day.
- The station's four stacks (The Four Sisters) were imploded on Monday June 12, 2006 at 7:31 AM EST - charges were set off and within about 10 seconds, all had crumbled to the ground.
- The four stacks are the tallest concrete structures to ever be demolished in Canada each standing at 146m tall.
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