History of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Moreover, the first pioneers came from the North, from Batiscan, Champlain, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. It is named in honor of the Apostle Pierre and Lord Romain Becquet.

The name of the village refers to the cultural, social and political history of the locality, recalling one of its first residents, Mr. Romain Becquet, notary, around 1640 (his surname evokes a sharp-billed pike). It was in 1672 that the intendant of New France Jean Talon granted him a seigneury which would bear the names of the Seigneurie des Becquets, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and Lévrard. In fact, this last name refers to Mr. Louis Lévrard, gunner of the king, married to Catherine-Angélique Becquet, a daughter of Mr. Romain Becquet, who died in 1682.
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seigniory, in the co. of Nicolet, is bounded in front by the St. Lawrence; N.E. by the district line between Quebec and Three Rivers; S.W. by the S. of Gentilly: in the rear by the T. of Blandford. - 2 leagues in front by 4 in depth. Granted together with Isle Madame below the Island of Orleans, Apr. 27, 1683, to Sieur Levrard, and is now the property of A. Lanaudiere, Esq. and the Honourable F. Baby. - This seigniory is but very little settled, although the soil is fertile and yields good crops of grain. The soil is generally a fine clay mixed with a rich black mould. This S. is plentifully stocked with timber, some of which is of the best description, but much the greater proportion is cut for firewood, which is sent in large quantities to Quebec. It is watered by part of the Riviere du Chene and some small streams. In the first and second ranges of concessions are a few farms in a very improved state. The church of St. Pierre, the parsonage and a chapel are situated on the bank of...

A few examples of heritage architecture remain in the village, including the Saint-Pierre-Apôtre church erected in 1839 by the famous Quebec architect Thomas Baillargé and the Baby-Méthot manor, a seigneurial manor, built by Marianne de Lanaudière.

ST. PIERRE LES BECQUETS, a post village and parish in Nicolet co., Que., on the St. Lawrence, 66 miles S.W. of Quebec. The village contains saw, grist and carding mills, and 9 or 10 stores. Pop. 500; of parish 2,942

Saint Pierre les Becquets, a post-village in Nicolet co., Quebec, on the St. Lawrence, 66 miles S.W. of Quebec. It has saw-, grist-, and carding mills, and 9 or 10 stores. Pop. 500.