Baie-de-Shawinigan (Canada 1996 Census population 265) [1] 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.
[2] The place was incorporated in 1907 as the Village Municipality of Baie-de-Shawinigan, but merged into the City of Shawinigan in 1998.
[2] It is the childhood home 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.