Baie-de-Shawinigan


Baie-de-Shawinigan 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.
The place was incorporated in 1907 as the Village Municipality of Baie-de-Shawinigan, but merged into the City of Shawinigan in 1998.
It is the birth and childhood place of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and since 1911 is home to Sacré-Cœur Catholic Church, 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. The mayors were:
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1Joseph-Arthur Houle19071911
2Edmond Ménard19111911
3William Dubé19111913
4Émile Julien19131916
5Joseph-Eulage Ménard19161917
4Émile Julien19171919
6Joseph Lajoie19191925
7Émile Matteau19251927
8Alphonse Côté19271929
6Joseph Lajoie19291931
7Émile Matteau19311932
9Arthur Bellemare19321933
10Eddy Boisvert19331941
11Dominique Mercier19411957
12Conrad Lemay19571975
13Victorien Dubé19751998