Bécancour, Quebec

Bécancour is a <a href="/facts/City_(Quebec)/I8BWCxK4">city</a> in the <a href="/facts/Centre-du-Qu%25C3%25A9bec/ehw80ocI">Centre-du-Québec</a> region of <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>, Canada; it is the seat of the <a href="/facts/B%25C3%25A9cancour_Regional_County_Municipality/6m8nmVvC">Bécancour Regional County Municipality</a>. It is located on the south shore of the <a href="/facts/Saint_Lawrence_River/5DvCUBp4">Saint Lawrence River</a> at the confluence of the <a href="/facts/B%25C3%25A9cancour_River/5ceWKLyA">Bécancour River</a>, opposite <a href="/facts/Trois-Rivi%25C3%25A8res/UydpGpj2">Trois-Rivières</a>.
<a href="/facts/W%25C3%25B4linak/I5W3lBCQ">Wôlinak</a>, an <a href="/facts/Abenaki/AYr24sSP">Abenaki</a> <a href="/facts/Indian_reserve/II8PpMF4">Indian reserve</a>, is an <a href="/facts/Enclave/AFKB4LW6">enclave</a> within the town of Bécancour. They arrived from <a href="/facts/Norridgewock/hdxSEKfd">Norridgewock</a>, <a href="/facts/Maine/7ww4UY8B">Maine</a> (formerly <a href="/facts/Acadia/agRYNH1l">Acadia</a>) in the aftermath of <a href="/facts/Father_Rale%2527s_War/MChdH4BX">Father Rale's War</a>.
There was a small migration of <a href="/facts/Acadians/2lWj42q4">Acadians</a> to the village (1759), after the British began the <a href="/facts/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians/YVAj6VUF">Expulsion of the Acadians</a> from the Maritimes. Specifically, the Acadians migrated from present-day <a href="/facts/New_Brunswick/SLTqCmM2">New Brunswick</a> to avoid being killed or captured in the <a href="/facts/St._John_River_Campaign/F33UlDf6">St. John River Campaign</a>.
The town of Bécancour was created October 17, 1965, from an amalgamation of eleven municipalities. Bécancour was one of the province of Quebec's first <a href="/facts/Municipal_history_of_Quebec/X53r8pW4">amalgamated cities</a>. At the time, Bécancour was the largest city in Quebec in terms of land area (as of 2003, the title belongs to <a href="/facts/La_Tuque%2c_Quebec/fVjyT6Uv">La Tuque, Quebec</a>).
Bécancour is now divided into six secteurs (lit. "sectors"): <a href="/facts/B%25C3%25A9cancour%2c_Quebec_(community)/JtfUwPv3">Bécancour</a>, <a href="/facts/Saint-Gr%25C3%25A9goire%2c_Quebec/1C1ruDvM">Saint-Grégoire</a>, <a href="/facts/Gentilly%2c_Quebec/8535HtEX">Gentilly</a>, <a href="/facts/Pr%25C3%25A9cieux-Sang%2c_Quebec/nC4GzLeu">Précieux-Sang</a>, <a href="/facts/Sainte-Ang%25C3%25A8le-de-Laval%2c_Quebec/XdlK6MH1">Sainte-Angèle-de-Laval</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sainte-Gertrude%2c_Quebec/3lwGrdvn">Sainte-Gertrude</a>. Bécancour, Saint-Grégoire and Gentilly, each located near the shore of the <a href="/facts/Saint_Lawrence_River/5DvCUBp4">Saint Lawrence River</a>, can be considered the main urban centres. <a href="/facts/Quebec_Autoroute_55/vVzk1FRs">Autoroute 55</a> intersects <a href="/facts/Quebec_Autoroute_30/6jyK6MUl">Autoroute 30</a> and <a href="/facts/Quebec_Route_132/B5LPFJhj">Route 132</a> at Saint-Grégoire.
Bécancour is part of the <a href="/facts/Trois-Rivi%25C3%25A8res/UydpGpj2">Trois-Rivières</a> metropolitan area; many residents work in Trois-Rivières and commute across the <a href="/facts/Laviolette_Bridge/X70urfnr">Laviolette Bridge</a> daily.

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Bécancour, Quebec