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Plant 2

Plant 2

The second Alcan plant in Shawinigan was built in 1941 to meet the high demand for aluminum during the Second World War. In 2014, the plant, which was […]
Shawinigan Chemicals Limited around 1950

Shawinigan Chemicals Limited around 1950

Shawinigan Chemicals, resulting from the merger of several companies in 1927, was considered one of the largest complexes in America in the 1950s. The company had over 1,200 […]
Laurentide Pulp Company — A Top Performer

Laurentide Pulp Company — A Top Performer

This photo, taken around 1990, shows the size of the mill’s facilities as well as its wood supply. Beginning its operations in 1888, the Laurentide plant was a […]
The Art of the Sluice

The Art of the Sluice

The wood and earth dam raised the water level of this lake where spruce logs that were cut during the winter floated. The caretaker of this structure told […]
Quite A Trip Down the Matawin River

Quite A Trip Down the Matawin River

In 1948, log drivers used this timber slide to move spruce logs through this swamp to the Matawin River, one of the main tributaries of the Saint-Maurice River. […]
Construction of a Timber Slide

Construction of a Timber Slide

In Haute-Mauricie, this group of workers is working on the construction of a timber slide. These structures made it possible for logs to cross or bypass obstacles such […]
Windigo

Windigo

The potential existence of the Windigo didn’t prevent a train station and a small village from being built roughly 100 km north of La Tuque at the beginning of the […]