Gatineau Power Company
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Gatineau Power Company was an electricity generation and distribution company in Quebec, Canada.
It was originally a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific
and later of International Paper
. Its operations included a streetcar company which served Hull, Quebec
.
The company disappeared as a separate organization after it and other investor-owned electric companies were acquired by Hydro-Québec
as part of the nationalization of electricity in Quebec in 1963.
It was originally a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
and later of International Paper
International Paper
International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 59,500 employees, and it is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.-History:...
. Its operations included a streetcar company which served Hull, Quebec
Hull, Quebec
Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand...
.
The company disappeared as a separate organization after it and other investor-owned electric companies were acquired by 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....
as part of the nationalization of electricity in Quebec in 1963.