Here’s how you can stay safe when taking part in recreational activities around the Muskrat Falls facility:
- Pay attention to and obey safety and warning signs.
- Stay outside of safety booms, markers and buoys upstream and downstream of the dam. A danger zone upstream of the facility is marked by a floating safety boom. The seasonal boom is installed annually in June and removed in October.
- Avoid waterways immediately upstream and downstream of the facility as there is a strong water force in these areas and flows and water levels can change quickly and without warning.
- Stay to the north side of the river and exit at the North Spur to access the portage route. Click on the “North Spur portage route” section for more information.
- Watch for hidden hazards and objects and be aware of floating debris, submerged trees and sandbars. Click on the “stick up zones“ section for more information about these hidden hazards.
- Stay back from the river’s edge and banks along the reservoir where footing may be slippery or the bank unstable.
- Don’t stand or tie/anchor your boat directly below the dam as rapidly changing water levels and flows can take you by surprise.
- Be alert for warning sirens. Sirens signal spillway gates are about to open which means a change in where water is discharged, as well as an increase in water levels and flows downstream of the spillway. Click on the “safety sirens” section for more details.
