Centrale de Grand-Mère
Centrale de Grand-Mère is a power station in Shawinigan, Mauricie, Quebec. Centrale de Grand-Mère is situated nearby to the park Parc Forman, as well as near the cliff Pointe à Desaulniers.Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: building in Quebec, Canada
- Address: Shawinigan
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand-Mère station.
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 1¼ km southwest of Centrale de 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 3½ km east of Centrale de Grand-Mère.
Hérouxville
Photo: Veillg1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hérouxville is a picturesque locality of the Moyen-Mauricie at the southeastern limit of the Laurentian shield, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Mékinac, in Mauricie.
Centrale de Grand-Mère
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, industry, and building
- Location: Shawinigan, Mauricie, Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.61515° or 46° 36′ 55″ northLongitude
-72.67905° or 72° 40′ 45″ westOpen location code
87R9J88C+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 585405404OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q2944474
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Centrale de Grand-Mère” goes by many names.
- French: “centrale de Grand-Mère”
- French: “Centrale de Grand-Mère”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand-Mere vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand-Mere-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand-Mère-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Grand-Mère-demningen”
- Turkish: “Centrale de Grand-Mère”
- Turkish: “Grand-Mère Santralı”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Grand-Mère”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parc Forman and Pointe à Desaulniers.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Barrage de Grand-Mère and Nemaska Lithium.
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