The Chaudière Facility is located in Parc des Chutes-de-la-Chaudière at the southern tip of the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, near the town of Lévis, Québec (south shore of the St-Lawrence River) on the Chaudière River.

The powerhouse is located on the west bank of the Chaudière River near the location of the former powerhouse.

The river owes its name ("boiler") to the spray that rises from the bottom of the falls, as steam would from a  boiler.