Baie-Johan-Beetz
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Baie-Johan-Beetz is a municipality located near the mouth of the Piashti River on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.
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- Baie-Johan-Beetz
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- Municipality
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- Piashti River, Route 138, steel girder bridge 15881, Chateau Johan Beetz, Piashti Bay
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- Côte-Nord Region Quebec
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- Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
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- Country
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- Canada
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- Quebec
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- Region
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- Côte-Nord
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- RCM
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- Minganie
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- Settled
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- Constituted
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- 1 January 1966
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- Johan Beetz
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Baie-Johan-Beetz is a municipality located near the mouth of the Piashti River on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.
==History== thumb|left|upright|Quebec Route 138#The Whale Route|Route 138, steel girder bridge 15881, Chateau Johan Beetz, [[Piashti River, outcropping rocks of the Canadian Shield]] In 1854, Joseph Tanguay, originally from Berthier, settled at the Little Watshishou River. Tanguay and his sons fished mostly for salmon on the Piashti, Corneille, Petite Watshishou, Watshishou and Quetachou rivers.
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