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Beauharnois

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Beauharnois , city (1991 pop. 6,449), S Que., Canada, on Lake St. Louis, a broadening of the St. Lawrence River. Steel, aluminum, metal alloys, paper, chemicals, and furniture are produced in the city. Beauharnois is at the eastern outlet of the Beauharnois Canal, part of the St. Lawrence Seaway System, and is the site of a large hydroelectric development. Author not available, BEAUHARNOIS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Charles de la Boische Beauharnois, marquis de
, 1670-1749, French governor of New France (1726-46). Despite the loss (1745) of Louisburg to the British, which led to his replacement, Beauharnois's rule was generally peaceful and prosperous. He returned (1747) to France and served as a naval official. Read more

Valleyfield
city (1991 pop. 27,598), S Que., Canada, on the Beauharnois canal, at the northeast end of Lake St. Francis, SW of Montreal. A port of entry and industrial center, it has cotton and synthetic textile mills, a zinc refinery, and plants making chemicals, clothing, and rubber goods. Read more

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	Dominion to halt some of unit's operations. ; ...will be consolidated at the corporation's Beauharnois facility at St. Timothee, Quebec, by the...consolidation is being carried out at the Beauharnois plant at a cost of $17 million. Beauharnois is capable of being readily adapted to... Read more
	...As Does PPG.(PPG CANADA INC.; ISO 9002 registration for company's facility) ; PPG CANADA INC.'s chemical facility in Beauharnois, Quebec, has earned ISO 9002 registration from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. for the manufacture of chlorine, sodium hydroxide... Read more
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	Dominion strike prods Canada mfrs. to buy fabrics from US. ; ...Canada walked off the job in early May, effectively shutting down operations at those mills. The four plants include the Beauharnois finishing plant in Valleyfield, Quebec, which finishes polyester and cotton blend apparel fabrics; the Salaberry yarn plant... Read more
	Domtex cuts lightweight print production because of imports. (Dominion Textile Inc.) ; ...million (Can.) capital expenditure at its Beauharnois finishing plant outside Montreal. Production...lightweight fabrics, formerly done at Beauharnois, will be transferred to another Domtex...program will increase plant capacity at Beauharnois by the addition of a second continuous... Read more
	SODIUM CHLORATE.(Illustration) ; ...PRODUCER, CANADA Albchem, Bruderheim, Alberta 83,000 B.C. Chemicals, Prince George, B.C 78,000 CXY, Amherstburg, Ont 53,000 CXY, Beauharnois, Que 48,000 CXY, Brandon, Man 113,000 CXY, Bruderheim, Alberta 75,000 CXY, Nanaimo, B.C 20,000 Eka Nobel Canada, Magog, Que... Read more
	PAPER CLIPS ; ...biomass boiler at its Old Town mill. * Canadian specialty paper producer Spexel Paper has ceased operating. Domtar Int.'s Beauharnois mill in Quebec became Spexel in 1997 after the parent company closed the specialty papers operation. The mill manufactured... Read more
	Edit 'scandalous' affidavit: lawyer ; ...Russell that cited the Pacific scandal that brought down the Conservative government of Sir John A. Macdonald in 1873 and the Beauharnois scandal that damaged the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1931. In an affidavit submitted to court on... Read more

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