Batiscanie
{{other uses|Batiscan (disambiguation)}}
File:Rang riv Batsican Nord Est 004.jpg]]
Batiscanie, a vernacular name, of a territory located in the Mauricie region, divided between the RCMs of Les Chenaux, Portneuf and Mékinac, in Quebec, Canada.
The name Batiscanie evokes, without geopositioning it, the territory of the Batiscan River watershed.{{cite web |title=Water Master Plan, Batiscan River |url=https://sambba.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SAMBBA_BATISCAN_PDEfinal.pdf |access-date=18 February 2024 |pages=33 of 359 |language=fr |date=December 2015 |quote=On the Batiscan River, log driving is said to have begun around 1852, when the first timber concessions in Batiscania were opened by William Price & Company}}
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, settlers, 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 Commission de Toponymie du Québec 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.{{cite web |title=Preservation of regionalisms |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/normes-procedures/criteres-choix/sources-inspiration-recommandees.aspx#historique |website=Commission de toponymie Quebec |publisher=Government of Quebec |access-date=18 February 2024 |language=fr |date=2023-08-03 |quote=The creation of an authentic toponymy is based on the preservation and enhancement of the terms of the general language specific to Quebec French that are used in the composition of generics and specifics.}} Note: a request has been made to make the name of Batiscanie official (November 2023)
Mentions:
- [https://www.geopleinair.com/destinations/incursion-en-batiscanie/ 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{{cite web |author1-link=Jean-Phillipe Marchand |title=La seigneurie de Batiscan à l'époque de la Nouvelle-France (1636-1760) |url=https://constellation.uqac.ca/id/eprint/309/#:~:text=Situ%C3%A9e%20sur%20la%20rive%20nord,la%20Compagnie%20des%20Cent%2DAssoci%C3%A9s. |publisher=Université du Québec à Chicoutimi |access-date=18 February 2024 |ref=Mémoire de maîtrise, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. |date=January 2010 |quote=Located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, downstream from Trois-Rivières, this ecclesiastical seigneury of Batiscan was granted to the Jesuits by the Reverend Father de La Ferté, chaplain to the King and a member of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés.}}
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
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
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 (Quebec Route 138)
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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Category:Landforms of Mauricie