It is an extraordinary country with its 150 000 square miles, its forests, lakes, rivers and its overall population of 320 000 inhabitants. Antoine Dubuc speaks of the great industrialist John Murdoch of the Alcan plant, the largest aluminum reduction plant in the world Chimneys of the Alcan plant. The facilities at the Shipshaw dam. Cars loaded with bauxite. Keywords: ALCAN,DAM,CHICOUTIMI,SAGUENAY-LAC-ST. JEAN