Place:Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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NameBécancour
Alt namesBécancoursource: Wikipedia
Gentillysource: Family History Library Catalog
Sainte-Gertrudesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates46.399°N 72.269°W
Located inNicolet, Québec, Canada     ( - 1982)
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Bécancour is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.

Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is an enclave within the town of Bécancour. They arrived from Norridgewock, Maine (formerly Acadia) in the aftermath of Father Rale's War.

There was a small migration of Acadians to the village (1759), after the British began the Expulsion of the Acadians from the Maritimes. Specifically, the Acadians migrated from present-day New Brunswick to avoid being killed or captured in the St. John River Campaign.

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