See Also: Churchill Falls(encyclopedia)
Churchill Corp.(finance)
Churchill River(encyclopedia)
Churchill, Sir Winston(dictionary)
Churchill (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
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Churchill, Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer)(encyclopedia)
CHURCHILL COUNTY Credit Union(finance)
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of(encyclopedia)
Churchill, Randolph (Henry Spencer), Lord(encyclopedia)

Churchill Falls (sh)




formerly Grand Falls

Part of a series of cataracts and rapids on the Churchill River, Newfoundland, Canada.

The falls drop 245 ft (75 m) and are 200 ft (60 m) wide. They power one of Canada's largest hydroelectric stations. Visited in 1839 by John McLean of the Hudson's Bay Company, the cataracts were called Grand Falls until 1965, when both falls and river were renamed for Winston Churchill, who died that year.