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unusual facts about Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau


Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec

In 1973, a portion of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts separated and formed the Municipality of Belleau, named in honour of Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (1808-1894), former lieutenant-governor of Quebec.


Batiscan River

The park which is bisected by the River Batiscan, has a long elevated walkway crossing the river, many lookouts and a network of trails totaling 25 kilometers, connecting three municipalities: Saint-Stanislas (Des Chenaux), Saint-Narcisse and Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan.

# "Grande chute" (Great Fall) (altitude 15 meters), in Saint-Narcisse(West side of the river) and Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan (East side), where the Saint-Narcisse dam is built;

Joseph Duquet

He was captured with Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal at Caughnawaga when they attempted to get weapons from the native people there.

Léon Bakst

He produced scenery for Cleopatra (1909), Scheherazade (1910), Carnaval (1910), Narcisse (1911), Le Spectre de la Rose (1911), L'après-midi d'un faune (1912) and Daphnis et Chloé (1912).

Louis Joseph Marchand

Louis-Joseph-Narcisse Marchand (born Paris, March 28, 1791, died Trouville, June 19, 1876) was Napoleon Bonaparte's valet and the nominated liquidator of his succession.

Narcisse Snake Pits

Rae Bridgman (author of The MiddleGate Books, which feature the snakes of Narcisse, Manitoba)

Richard Harrow

Richard is asked by Nucky to assist fellow gangster "Chalky" White (Michael K. Williams) in the elimination of rival New York gangster Dr. Valentine Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright) who has been causing a lot of trouble for both Chalky and Nucky .

Rivière-à-la-Lime

The pioneers of the current territory of Saint-Narcisse from Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan followed the path of the “Rivière à la Lime” and forest paths to reach their respective lot located northwest up the morraine.

Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec

On August 26, 1972, five days after escaping from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul jail in Laval, Quebec, notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine and his Quebec accomplice Jean-Paul Mercier robbed the Caisse populaire of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage.

Saint-Narcisse, Quebec

In 1894, following a meeting of parishioners, the factory has made purchasing a system with four bells chime (bigger than the previous ones) made in Haute-Savoie, France, that is their teintement heard in the distance by the parishioners.


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