Yolande River

Last updated February 28, 2019

Yolande River is a river that starts in the West Coast Range, Western Tasmania, that drains Lake Margaret, is utilised by the Lake Margaret Power Station ^[1] and is a tributary to the Henty River, west of Queenstown ^[2]

The West Coast Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

Lake Margaret is a concrete-faced gravity dam with a uncontrolled spillway across the Yolande River, located on the north side of Mount Sedgwick, in the West Coast Range, West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.

The Lake Margaret Power Stations comprise two hydroelectric power stations located in Western Tasmania, Australia. The power stations are part of the King – Yolande Power Scheme and are owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania. Officially the Upper Lake Margaret Power Station, a conventional hydroelectric power station, and the Lower Lake Margaret Power Station, a mini-hydroelectric power station, the stations are generally collectively referred to in the singular format as the Lake Margaret Power Station. The stations are located approximately 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) apart.

Notes

↑ "CHEAP POWER FOR WEST COAST". Zeehan and Dundas Herald . XXIX, (223). Tasmania, Australia. 5 July 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "The Passage of the Yolande River". The Advocate (Tasmania) . Tasmania, Australia. 23 February 1924. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.

Coordinates: 42°02′26″S145°26′50″E / 42.0405°S 145.4471°E / -42.0405; 145.4471

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[1] "CHEAP POWER FOR WEST COAST". Zeehan and Dundas Herald . XXIX, (223). Tasmania, Australia. 5 July 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.

[2] "The Passage of the Yolande River". The Advocate (Tasmania) . Tasmania, Australia. 23 February 1924. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.