The advent of electricity in Saint-Jovite

Philippe Aubry's Chronicle It is estimated that electricity arrived in Montreal in the early 1880s, and cities like Saint-Jérôme and Sainte-Thérèse had "electric light" in 1888, as it was called at the time. However, before the nationalization of electricity in the 1960s, the services offered by private companies with a monopoly were highly unequal across the province. In the Mont-Tremblant region, in 1888, we also dreamed of being able to enjoy…