Baie-de-Shawinigan

Baie-de-Shawinigan (Canada 1996 Census population 265) [1] is a small industrial community within the City of Shawinigan in the Canadian province of Quebec. The place is named after its location on a bay of the Saint-Maurice River. For a period of time, it was also known as Belgoville because it faced the paper mill of the Belgo Canadian Pulp Company.[2]

The place was incorporated in 1907 as the Village Municipality of Baie-de-Shawinigan, but merged into the City of Shawinigan in 1998.[2]

It is the birth and childhood place of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and since 1911 is home to Sacré-Cœur Catholic Church (Sacred Heart), which is located at 17, rue de l'Église.

Mayors

From 1907 to 1998, Baie-de-Shawinigan had its own mayor and its own city council. [3] The mayors were:

# Mayor Taking Office Leaving
1 Joseph-Arthur Houle 1907 1911
2 Edmond Ménard 1911 1911
3 William Dubé 1911 1913
4 Émile Julien 1913 1916
5 Joseph-Eulage Ménard 1916 1917
4 Émile Julien 1917 1919
6 Joseph Lajoie 1919 1925
7 Émile Matteau 1925 1927
8 Alphonse Côté 1927 1929
6 Joseph Lajoie 1929 1931
7 Émile Matteau 1931 1932
9 Arthur Bellemare 1932 1933
10 Eddy Boisvert 1933 1941
11 Dominique Mercier 1941 1957
12 Conrad Lemay 1957 1975
13 Victorien Dubé 1975 1998

References
  1. Statistics Canada Website
  2. "Baie-de-Shawinigan (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie de Québec. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  3. Source: Book on Baie-de-Shawinigan


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