Radisson is a small unconstituted locality situated near the Robert-Bourassa hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River. It was founded in 1974 to accommodate workers for the James Bay hydroelectric project and named by the Société de développement de la Baie James after Pierre-Esprit Radisson.
About Radisson, Quebec in brief
Radisson is a small unconstituted locality situated near the Robert-Bourassa hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River. Radisson was founded in 1974 to accommodate workers for the James Bay hydroelectric project and named by the Société de développement de la Baie James after Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a 17th-century French explorer.
During the peak construction period in 1977, its population reached about 2,500 and has fluctuated since that time. Currently it is a community of about 300 people.
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