Portal:Mauricie
Template:/box-header Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² (13,843.78 sq mi) and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents. Its largest cities are Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan.
The word Mauricie was coined by local priest and historian Albert Tessier and is based on the Saint-Maurice river which runs through the region on a North-South axis.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. La Cité de l'Énergie is a theme park based on local industrial history and located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada.
The theme park includes a science centre and a historical sector. The science centre includes a 115 m (377 ft) high observation tower and features a multimedia show as well as a permanent interactive exhibit. The lattice tower consists of a dismantled electricity pylon used for a temporary power line crossing of Saint Lawrence River between Grondines and Lotbinière, during the construction of the tunnel used to ultimately carry the Quebec - New England Transmission line.
The historical sector consists of two power plants, Northern Aluminum Company (NAC) and Shawinigan 2, and the ruins of a third one (Alcan 16), as well as an electricity distribution station and an aluminium smelter.
La Cité de l'Énergie is administered by a non-profit organization, whose funders are Abitibi-Consolidated, Alcan, Hydro-Québec and the City of Shawinigan. Robert Trudel has been the general manager and the main spokesperson for La Cité de l'Énergie, since its foundation. Read more...
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Jacques Ferron (January 20, 1921 - April 22, 1985) was a Canadian physician and author.
Jacques Ferron was born in Louiseville, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Alphonse Ferron and Adrienne Caron. On March 5, 1931 his mother died. He attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf but was expelled in 1936. He continued his education at Collège Saint-Laurent and then was readmitted at Jean-de-Brébeuf, only to be expelled again. In September 1941, he was accepted at Université Laval where he studied medicine and on July 22, 1943 he married a fellow student, Magdeleine Thérien whom he divorced in 1949.
In 1954 he became an important member of the "Congrès Canadien pour la Paix" (Canadian Peace Congress). In 1959 he helped in the foundation of the magazine Situations. In 1960, with the help of Raoul Roy, he created L'Action socialiste pour l'indépendance du Québec. In 1963 he founded the Parti Rhinocéros, which he described as "an intellectual guerrilla party". He also began to write for the magazine Parti pris. In 1969, he became a member of the Parti Québécois. Read more...
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