Parc Lafond
Parc Lafond is a park in Shawinigan, Mauricie, Quebec. Parc Lafond is situated nearby to the suburb Grand-Mère, as well as near the locality La Sapinière.Places of Interest
Highlights include Centrale de Grand-Mère and Grand-Mère station.
Centrale de Grand-Mère
Power station
Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Centrale de Grand-Mère is a power station, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Parc Lafond.
Grand-Mère station
Railway stop
Grand-Mère is a settlement and former municipality in central Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River. As a result of the municipal reorganization in Quebec which took effect at the beginning of 2002, Grand-Mère now forms part of the City of Shawinigan. Grand-Mère station is situated 2½ km northeast of Parc Lafond.
Église Assomption
Church
Photo: Asclepias, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Assomption is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of Parc Lafond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand-Mère and Lac-à-la-Tortue.
Grand-Mère
Suburb
Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand-Mère is a settlement and former municipality in central Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River. As a result of the municipal reorganization in Quebec which took effect at the beginning of 2002, Grand-Mère now forms part of the City of Shawinigan. Grand-Mère is situated 2½ km northeast of Parc Lafond.
Lac-à-la-Tortue
Suburb
Lac-à-la-Tortue, is a sector of the city of Shawinigan since 2002, it is located in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada. The use includes the Lac-à-la-Tortue sector in Batiscanie, the common name for the watershed of the Batiscan River. Lac-à-la-Tortue is situated 6 km east of Parc Lafond.
Shawinigan
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Parc Lafond
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Shawinigan, Mauricie, Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.59013° or 46° 35′ 25″ northLongitude
-72.70898° or 72° 42′ 32″ westElevation
86 metres (282 feet)Open location code
87R9H7RR+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 101744107OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
6097797
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