Chutes de Shawinigan
Chutes de Shawinigan is a waterfall in Quebec, Canada. Chutes de Shawinigan is situated nearby to the neighborhood Almaville-en-Bas, as well as near Almaville-en-Haut.Places of Interest
Highlights include Former N.A.C. Power House and Shawinigan Hydroelectric Complex.
Former N.A.C. Power House
Museum
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Former N.A.C. Power House is a museum.
Shawinigan-3 Generating Station
Industrial building
Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shawinigan-3 Generating Station is an industrial building.
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
Photo: Jacques Dupont, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Chutes de Shawinigan
- Type: Waterfall (intermittent)
- Category: body of water
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.53123° or 46° 31′ 52″ northLongitude
-72.76159° or 72° 45′ 42″ westElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Height
44 metres (145 feet)Open location code
87R9G6JQ+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1174380223OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yesGeoNames ID
5922524
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