Beauharnois is a city located in the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada, and is part of Greater Montreal Area. The city's population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 12,011. It is home to the Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station, one of the largest hydroelectric generating stations in the world, as well as the Beauharnois Lock of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. In 2012, OVH started construction of its first Canadian data centre in Beauharnois, one of the largest in the world. OVH's data centre is claimed to be powered by Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station, and is located 300 meters from it.
Population: 11,918
Latitude: 45° 18' 48.28" N
Longitude: -73° 52' 21.00" W
HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études commerciales de Montréal), is the independent affiliated business school of the Université de Montréal, and the second oldest management School in Canada. It holds accreditations from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, one …
The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) is a comprehensive public university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Mile End is a neighbourhood and municipal electoral district in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit was a fort established by the French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701. The location of the former fort is now in the city of Detroit in the U.S.
CKMI-DT-1, UHF channel 15, is a Global owned-and-operated television station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Shaw Media division of Shaw Communications. CKMI's studios are located inside the Dominion Square Building …
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ, unofficially translated as National Library and Archives of Québec) is a Québec government corporation born out of a merger between the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (BNQ) and the Archives nati…
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Verdun (/vərˈdʌn/; French: [vɛʁˈdœ̃]) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, situated along the St. Lawrence River. It consists of the former city of Verdun, which was merged with the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002. Verd…
For the Ottawa road, see St. Laurent Boulevard.
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