La Gabelle generating station
The La Gabelle generating station is a hydroelectric dam built on the Saint-Maurice River, in Quebec, in Canada. Property of Hydro-Québec, it was commissioned in 1924 with the first four generating units, in addition a fifth in 1931.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: building in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “La Gabelle Generating Station”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shawinigan-Sud and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel.
Shawinigan-Sud
Suburb
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Shawinigan-Sud is a predominantly French-speaking settlement in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River. In 1996, its population was 11,804. Shawinigan-Sud is situated 8 km north of La Gabelle generating station.
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
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Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is a charming locality in Lower-Mauricie, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Les Chenaux, in Mauricie.
Saint-Boniface
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Saint-Boniface is a parish municipality of the Maskinongé Regional county municipality, in Moyenne-Mauricie. The residents of Saint-Boniface benefit from a picturesque parish, with rural charms, while being close to the shops and services that Shawinigan offers.
La Gabelle generating station
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Maskinongé Region, Mauricie, Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“La Gabelle generating station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barrage de La Gabelle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة توليد لابابيل”
- French: “Barrage de La Gabelle”
- French: “centrale de La Gabelle”
- French: “Centrale de La Gabelle”
- French: “La Gabelle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Gabelle vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Gabelle-demningen”
- Norwegian: “La Gabelle-demningen”
- Swedish: “Barrage de La Gabelle”
- Turkish: “La Gabelle Barajı”
- Turkish: “La Gabelle Generating Station”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС La Gabelle”
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