Batiscanie, a vernacular name, of a territory located in the Mauricie region, divided between the RCMs of Les Chenaux, Portneuf and Mékinac, in

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. The name Batiscanie evokes, without geopositioning it, the territory of the Batiscan River watershed.

Toponymy

The name Batiscanie is rooted in the historical and folkloric memories of the Mauricie region, without official reference, without location on maps. For as long as we can remember, the Quebec French has used the name Batiscanie. Perhaps it is necessary to go back to the arrival of trappers, lumberjacks,

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, from the beginning of colonization. Mentions can be found in audio media as well as in written documents, notes, dissertations, theses, reports, research, popular magazines, newspapers, etc. The preservation of regionalisms is one of the ways to preserve the authenticity of a country's toponymy. The

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promotes the preservation of a source of culture, through the officialization of names that are sometimes tasty and evocative When applying for the official designation of a place, the Commission de toponymie du Québec encourages people to draw inspiration from facts, events and historical or folkloric characters that have marked local or regional life. The naming of places benefits from being inspired by the characteristics of the surrounding natural environment (flora, fauna, geology, etc.). The commission pays particular attention to the preservation of regionalisms in toponymy. Note: a request has been made to make the name of Batiscanie official (November 2023) Mentions:
Incursion en Batiscanie
Geo Outdoors magazine (Fr) *To further illustrate the life of a censitaire in ''Batiscanie'' in his seigneurial and parish relations, we have selected the case of the Marchand family, over three generations

Flore

File:Lilium canadense 001.jpg, alt=, Lilium canadense L. — Wild yellow lily File:Cerastium arvense 006.jpg, Cerastium arvense L. — Meadow chickweed File:Arctium minus 010.jpg, Arctium minus (Hill) Bernhardi — Common burdock File:Viola sp 010.jpg, Viola L. — Violet File: Heracleum maximum 028.jpg, Heracleum maximum Bart. — Cow parsnip

Batiscan River

Upstream to downstream * Forest sectors Notre-Dame-de-Montauban - Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan"> File:Rivière Batiscan, parc des Chutes-de-Montauban 001.jpg, Chutes-de-Montauban Parc File:Riviére Batiscan, Notre-Dame de Montauban 002.jpg, Spring flood File:Rivière Batiscan en territoire forestier 007.jpg, Batiscan River Park, West Bank Trail File:Rivière Batiscan en territoire forestier 008.jpg, Kayaker, Batiscan River Park, West Bank Trail File:Rivière Batiscan en territoire forestier 010.jpg, Batiscan River Park, Grand-Basin sector File:Rivière Batiscan en territoire forestier 012.jpg, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan File:Rivière Batiscan en territoire forestier 014.jpg, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, winter open water net File:Batiscan River.jpg, River rapids * Rural & agricultural zones Saint-Stanislas - Sainte-Genevieve-de-Batiscan"> File:Rivière Batiscan, zone rurale, Saint-Stanislas 007.jpg, Saint-Stanislas, rang de la Rivière Batiscan NE File:Rivière Batiscan, zone rurale, Saint-Stanislas 009.jpg, Saint-Stanislas, rang de la Rivière Batiscan NE File:Rang riv Batsican Nord Est 004.jpg, St-Stanislas, rang de la Rivière Batiscan NE File:Saint Stanislas 013.jpg, Saint-Stanislas, la rivière, du rang de la Rivière-Batiscan NE File:Rivière Batiscan, zone rurale, Saint-Stanislas 015.jpg, Saint-Stanislas, rang de la Rivière Batiscan NE File:Rivière Batiscan, zone rurale, Saint-Stanislas 011.jpg, Saint-Stanislas, rang de la Rivière Batiscan NE, File:Rivière Batiscan, zone rurale, Saint-Stanislas 010.jpg, Saint-Stanislas, rang de la Rivière Batiscan NE File:Rivière en zone rurale, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan 002.jpg, Ste-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, rang Sud File:Rivière en zone rurale, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan 001.jpg, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, rang Sud (route 361) File:Rivière Batiscan, zone rurale, Sainte-Geneviève-Batiscan 001.jpg, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, rang Nord * Mouth, in Batiscan File:Embouchure rivière Batiscan, Batiscan 006.jpg, Old iron bridge, Chemin du Roy (Route 138) File:Peche blanche 004.jpg, Ice fishing huts File:Pêche blanche janvier 2007.jpg, Sign on the river ice path, access from the Marina File:Peche blanche 018.jpg, Fishermen, brimbals, on the river ice File:Rue Principale 009.jpg, Boats at the docks of the marina, from the bridge on the Chemin du Roy File:Pêche blanche janvier 1993 01.jpg, Fishermen offshore, on the ice of the estuarian section of the St. Lawrence River and the mouth of the Batiscan River * Structures File:Embouchure rivière Batiscan, Batiscan 007.jpg, Batiscan, Chemin du Roy (

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) File:Saint Stanislas 014.jpg, Saint-Stanislas, bridge over the Batiscan River, ( Quebec Route 159) File:Rivière Batiscan en territoire forestier 009.jpg, Batiscan River Park, footbridge, spring flow File:Annexe de l'ancienne centrale de Saint-Narcisse.jpg, Former annex of the Saint-Narcisse power plant

References

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