2009 First Quarter Financial Results and Annual General Meeting of Unitholders

2009 First Quarter Webcast & Conference Call
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

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Webcast of Annual General Meeting of Unitholders
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time: 2:00 p.m. (EDT)

GATINEAU, QC, April 8, 2009 - You are invited to participate in Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund's First Quarter Conference Call and Webcast on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund will release its 2009 first quarter financial results on May 12, 2009 after 5:00 p.m. These results will be available on our web site at http://www.greatlakeshydro.com/NewsReleases.

To participate in the Conference Call, please dial 416-644-3414 or 1-800-732-9303 toll free in North America, at 9:50 a.m. (EDT). For those unable to participate in the Conference Call, a taped rebroadcast will be available until midnight May 16, 2009. To access this rebroadcast, please call 1-877-289-8525 toll free in North America, and enter the passcode 21303240#. The Conference Call will also be webcast live on our web site, where it will be archived for three months.

You are also invited to the Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund Annual General Unitholders Meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT). The live webcast and slide presentation will be available through Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund’s website at www.greatlakeshydro.com.

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund’s Annual General Meeting will be held at:
Hockey Hall of Fame
Esso Theatre, Brookfield Place
30 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario

For further information, please contact Zev Korman, Director, Investor Relations and Communications at
416-359-1955 or unitholderenquiries@greatlakeshydro.com.

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About Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund

Great Lakes Hydro (www.greatlakeshydro.com) is a premier Canadian income fund. We are the largest power income fund in North America with 1,255 megawatts of power generating capacity and an average annual production of 4,596 gigawatt hours.

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund produces electricity exclusively from environmentally friendly renewable resources. The Fund owns, operates and manages 27 high quality hydroelectric generating stations and one wind farm in four distinct geographic regions across North America: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and New England.

Brookfield Renewable Power, which comprises all the power operations of Brookfield Asset Management, owns 50.01% of the Fund’s outstanding units on a fully exchanged basis. The Fund’s units are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GLH.UN.

Unitholder enquiries should be directed to Zev Korman, Director, Investor Relations and Communications at (416) 359-1955 or unitholderenquiries@greatlakeshydro.com.