Civil Engineering Archives | The Saint-Maurice: Creative Source of the Mauricie

A Cathedral-Like Power Plant

The architecture of the Grand-Mère hydro-electric power plant was inspired by that of the Sainte-Cécile Cathedral in Albi, France. Both buildings have narrow windows that are crowned with […]

Hydro-Québec at its Roots

Shawinigan is one of the few cities in Canada to produce electricity continuously since 1901. The Shawinigan complex bears witness to the technological evolution of hydro-electricity production over […]

Timber Slide in Shawinigan

Built in the mid-19th century, this 183-metre-long timber slide allowed logs to bypass the Shawinigan Falls.

Beaumont – The Newest Addition to Shawinigan Water & Power

The Beaumont dam and hydro-electric power plant, located 20 kilometres north of La Tuque, were built in 1956 and commissioned two years later.

Quebec Streams Commission

The Liberal government, under the leadership of Lomer Gouin, who later gave his name to the dam, created the Québec Streams Commission in 1910, which played an auxiliary […]

The Gouin Reservoir — An Inland Sea

The Gouin Reservoir covers an area of 1,427 square kilometres. The dam played a major part in regulating the water level on the Saint-Maurice River.