Grand-Mère
Grand-Mère is a railway stop in Shawinigan, Mauricie, Quebec. Grand-Mère is situated nearby to the ice rink Centre municipal de Curling, as well as near the cemetery Cimetière Saint-Paul.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand-Mère station and Centrale de Grand-Mère.
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.
Centrale de Grand-Mère
Power station
Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Centrale de Grand-Mère is a power station, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Grand-Mère.
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.
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 4 km east of Grand-Mère.
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.
Grand-Mère
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Shawinigan, Mauricie, Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.60612° or 46° 36′ 22″ northLongitude
-72.68652° or 72° 41′ 12″ westNetwork
VIA RailOpen location code
87R9J847+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1174474385OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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