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    Shawinigan (/ʃəˈwɪnɪɡən/) is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,620 as of the...
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  • The Shawinigan Cataractes (French: Cataractes de Shawinigan) are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)...
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  • Shawinigan Handshake is the epithet given to a chokehold executed on February 15, 1996, by Jean Chrétien, then-Prime Minister of Canada, on anti-poverty...
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  • Shawinigan is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. Shawinigan may also refer to: Shawinigan River, a tributary...
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  • Rouyn-Noranda Sherbrooke Val-d'Or Baie-Comeau Chicoutimi Quebec Rimouski Shawinigan Victoriaville Acadie–Bathurst Cape Breton Charlottetown Halifax Moncton...
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    HMCS Shawinigan was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of...
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    Shawinigan flows in the rural area to the north of Shawinigan, then through the town of Shawinigan, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. The Shawinigan...
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    Established in 1898, the Shawinigan Water & Power Company was one of the dominant, privately owned hydroelectric companies in Canada until 1963, when it...
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    Shawinigan station is located on Chemin du CN in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. It is a former CN Rail station and is currently used by Via Rail for two...
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  • Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Shawinigan. HMCS Shawinigan (K136) (I), a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy...
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    Shawinigan High School is an English-language combined elementary and secondary school in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. The school is operated by the Central...
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    Cégep de Shawinigan is a public college located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. Originally known as the Cégep de Shawinigan at its founding in 1968, it...
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    HMCS Shawinigan is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Navy since 1997. Shawinigan is...
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    Shawinigan-Sud is a predominantly French-speaking settlement in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River. In 1996, its population...
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  • The Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts are a defunct minor professional ice hockey team that was based in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec. The team played in the Quebec...
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  • Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it consisted of: Villes Grand-Mère Shawinigan Shawinigan-Sud Municipalities Charette Lac-à-la-Tortue Parish Municipalities...
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  • Baie-de-Shawinigan (Canada 1996 Census population 265) is a small industrial community within the City of Shawinigan in the Canadian province of Quebec...
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    residents as of the 2016 Census. Its largest cities are Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan. The word Mauricie was coined by local priest and historian Albert Tessier...
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  • Saint-Étienne-des-Grès/Hydravion Adventure Water Aerodrome (TC LID: CHA2) is located on the Saint-Maurice River, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) southeast...
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  • Shawinigan. The territory served is divide in 5 districts: District Shawinigan-Grand-Mère District Maskinongé. District Mékinac District Shawinigan-Sud-Mont-Carmel...
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    Aréna Jacques Plante (category Buildings and structures in Shawinigan)
    capacity 3,700) multi-purpose arena in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1937. It was home to the Shawinigan Cataractes Ice hockey team. The arena...
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    Shawinigan Railway Bridge Railway Quebec-Gatineau linking Shawinigan (sector Shawinigan-Sud to Shawinigan) Marc Trudel Bridge, Shawinigan Shawinigan Bridge...
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  • The Legislative Council of Quebec was the unelected upper house of the Quebec legislature. It was abolished effective December 31, 1968. The Council was...
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    (secteur) of the city of Shawinigan. Until 1919, Saint-Georges had been known as Village Turcotte. It merged with Shawinigan in a municipal amalgamation...
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    La Cité de l'Énergie (category Buildings and structures in Shawinigan)
    energy) is a theme park based on local industrial history and located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. A science centre, which includes a 115 m (377 ft) high...
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    Royal Conservatory of Music. Aline Chaîné was born on May 14, 1936, in Shawinigan, Quebec, the eldest child of Yvonne (Bellemar) and Albert Chaîné. Her...
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    in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada that opened on December 27, 2008 and has been the home of the Shawinigan Cataractes since 2008. When the Shawinigan Cataractes...
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  • The division of Shawinigan was established in 1854, under the Union regime of 1841, after the seats of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada...
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  • of the elderly. She has headed the Service d'aide au consommateur in Shawinigan, Quebec, since its foundation in 1974 and has also been active with the...
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  • Mathieu Olivier (category Shawinigan Cataractes players)
    only lasted one and a half seasons, however, as he was traded to the Shawinigan Cataractes for a 3rd round pick in December 2014. At the time of the trade...
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