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Provancher Society Of Natural History
Provancher may refer to: *Léon Abel Provancher Léon Abel Provancher (born 10 March 1820, in the parish of Bécancour, Nicolet County, Quebec; d. at Cap-Rouge, Quebec, 23 March 1892) was a Canadian Catholic parish priest and naturalist. He is called the "Father of Natural History in Can ... (1820–1892), a Canadian Catholic parish priest and naturalist * Léon-Provancher Ecological Reserve, a protected area in Bécancour, Quebec, Canada * Provancher Creek, a tributary of the Mégiscane River in La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada See also * Provencher * Provenchère (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Abel Provancher
Léon Abel Provancher (born 10 March 1820, in the parish of Bécancour, Nicolet County, Quebec; d. at Cap-Rouge, Quebec, 23 March 1892) was a Canadian Catholic parish priest and naturalist. He is called the "Father of Natural History in Canada". Life Provancher studied at the College and Seminary of Nicolet, and was ordained 12 September 1844. He organized two pilgrimages to Jerusalem, one of which he conducted in person. In 1865 he established in his parish at Portneuf a confraternity of the Third Order of St. Francis. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 15 Jun. 2016 He promoted the Third Order in his writings. For two years he edited a review, in which he published nearly every month an article on the Third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon-Provancher Ecological Reserve
Léon-Provancher Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve of Quebec, Canada, established in 1999. External links Official website from Government of Québec Protected areas of Centre-du-Québec Nature reserves in Quebec Protected areas established in 1999 1999 establishments in Quebec {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
