Shawinigan-1 Dam
Shawinigan-1 Dam is a dam in Shawinigan, Mauricie, Quebec. Shawinigan-1 Dam is situated nearby to Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation Church, as well as near the suburb Shawinigan-Sud.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Barrage de Shawinigan-1”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation Church and Former N.A.C. Power House.
Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation Church
Church
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Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation Church is situated 720 metres south of Shawinigan-1 Dam.
Former N.A.C. Power House
Museum
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Former N.A.C. Power House is a museum, which is situated 1¼ km west of Shawinigan-1 Dam.
Shawinigan station
Railway station
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Shawinigan station is located on Chemin du CN in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. It is a former CN Rail station and is currently used by Via Rail for two routes running from Montreal. Shawinigan station is situated 1½ km north of Shawinigan-1 Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shawinigan and Shawinigan-Sud.
Shawinigan
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Shawinigan is a city of 50,000 people in the Mauricie region of Quebec. It arose because of its tremendous hydro-electric generation capacity, and is now focusing on tourism.
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.
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.
Shawinigan-1 Dam
- Location: Shawinigan, Mauricie, Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Shawinigan-1 Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barrage de Shawinigan-1”
- French: “barrage de Shawinigan-1”
- French: “Barrage de Shawinigan-1”
- Swedish: “Barrage de Shawinigan-1”
- Turkish: “Barrage de Shawinigan-1”
- Turkish: “Shawinigan-1 Barajı”
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