Péligre Dam stands on the Artibonite River north-east of Mirebalais and creates Lake Péligre, one of Haiti's largest reservoirs. It was built in the 1950s for flood control, irrigation, and hydroelectric power, and it remains one of the country's most important pieces of infrastructure.
The dam is visually dramatic, but its story is not simply one of progress. The reservoir changed local lives, displaced people, and became part of larger arguments about development, power, and inequality in Haiti. It is worth understanding before treating the view as just another stop on a drive.