Established in 1898, the Shawinigan Water & Power Company was one of the dominant, privately owned hydroelectric

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

 companies in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 until 1963, when it became a part of Hydro-Québec

Hydro-Québec

Hydro-Québec is a government-owned public utility established in 1944 by the Government of Quebec. Based in Montreal, the company is in charge of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity across Quebec....

.

It was based in Shawinigan, Quebec.

The company established the Shawinigan 1 (c. 1901), Shawinigan 2 (1911) and Shawinigan 3 (1948) plants. Shawinigan 1 ceased production in the early 1950s.

See also

• History of Hydro-Québec
  History of Hydro-Québec
  Hydro-Québec is a government-owned public utility established in 1944 by the Government of Quebec. The company is in charge of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity across Quebec. Its head office is located in Montreal.-Origins:...
  
  
• Edmond Thibaudeau
  Edmond Thibaudeau
  Edmond Thibaudeau, also known as L'Orignal à Thibaudeau, was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec. He was the fifth Mayor of Shawinigan, Quebec from 1915 to 1917.He was born in 1872 in Saint-Grégoire, Centre-du-Québec and has Acadian ancestry....
  
  
• List of hydroelectric stations in Quebec
• Gouin Reservoir
  Gouin Reservoir
  The Gouin Reservoir is a man-made lake in the central portion of the Canadian province of Quebec, fully within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of connected lakes separated by innumerable bays, peninsulas, and...
  
  
• Saint-Maurice River
  Saint-Maurice River
  The Saint-Maurice River is a river in central Quebec which flows south from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The river is 563 km in length and has a drainage basin of 43,300 km² ....