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Camp near the Gouin dam

Black and white photo, three workers in front of a prospector camp. Canvas tent with wooden logs as its structure. In front of the tent, a wooden sign with the word Office.

Gouin dam (Chief Engineer and Assistant),
Shawinigan Water and Power Company, F01 /701275 #47
1913

“Before the dam is built, distinctive camps for employees of the Running Water Commission and for workers of the Saint-Maurice Hydraulic Company are set up on either side of the Saint-Maurice River.”

(Source : Hydro-Québec)