Franquelin, Quebec

49°22′N 67°50′W / 49.367°N 67.833°W / 49.367; -67.833^[1]Country CanadaProvince QuebecRegionCôte-NordRCMManicouaganSettled1910sConstitutedJanuary 1, 1978Government • MayorSteeve Grenier • Federal ridingManicouagan • Prov. ridingRené-LévesqueArea • Total516.50 km² (199.42 sq mi) • Land436.55 km² (168.55 sq mi)Population • Total285 • Density0.7/km² (2/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021 8.9% • Dwellings194Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)Area code(s)418 and 581Highways R-138

Franquelin is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord in RCM Manicouagan. Its population is 285 people over 430 square kilometres. Franquelin was founded at the foot of Massifs rocks of the Laurentians where impressive cliffs plunge to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

The name of the municipality was given in honour of Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin, the first official cartographer of New France. He drew the map of the Saint Lawrence River in 1685.

Franquelin came into existence in 1911 thanks to the forest industry. The lumber would be transported to the rivers by horses. From there, it was shipped to paper mills in Thorold, Ontario, and then to Baie-Comeau starting in 1937. The Ontario Paper Company, owned by Colonel Robert R. McCormick, which later became the Quebec North Shore Paper Co., needed paper to supply the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News, which were also owned by McCormick.

Demographics

Population trend:^[4]

Census Year	Population
1991	367
1996	391
2001	378
2006	346
2011	324
2016	313
2021	285

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 157 (total dwellings: 194)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

See also

• Franquelin River
• Rivière Franquelin Branche Ouest, un cours d'eau, un cours d'eau
• Bouchard River
• Ma Tante River
• Thompson River

References