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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. 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.
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Map of Baie-de-Shawinigan, Shawinigan, QC, Canada
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 (Sacred Heart), 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: