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Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec is a community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
 in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Nicolet-Yamaska is a List of Quebec county regional municipalities in the Centre-du-Qu?bec region of Quebec in Canada.The county seat is Nicolet, Quebec....
, Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean....
 and Saint-François
Saint-François River

The Saint-Fran?ois River is a river in the Canada province of Quebec.The Saint-Fran?ois takes its source from Lac Saint-Fran?ois in Chaudi?re-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines, Quebec....
 rivers, at the edge of Lac Saint-Pierre
Lac Saint-Pierre

Lac Saint-Pierre is a lake and nature reserve in Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River between Sorel, Quebec and Trois-Rivi?res, Quebec, east of Montreal and forms part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway....
 (Hence its name, "Saint-François of the lake").

This is the same community, Francois-de-Sales or Odanak, Rogers Rangers attacked and destroyed during the French and Indian War
French and Indian War

The French and Indian War was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War, known in Canada as the War of the Conquest. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various Indigenous peoples of the Americas forces allied with them....
 on October 4, 1759.

Saint-François-du-Lac faces the town of Pierreville
Pierreville, Quebec

Pierreville, Quebec is a community in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Quebec, located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence River and Saint-Fran?ois River rivers, at the edge of Lac Saint-Pierre....
 from across the Saint-François river, and lies at the junction of Route 132
Quebec route 132

Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee, Quebec , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gasp? Peninsula....
 and Route 143
Quebec route 143

Route 143 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Until the mid 1970s when the province decided to renumber all highways, less autoroutes, it was known as Route/Highway 5....
.








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Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec is a community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
 in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Nicolet-Yamaska is a List of Quebec county regional municipalities in the Centre-du-Qu?bec region of Quebec in Canada.The county seat is Nicolet, Quebec....
, Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean....
 and Saint-François
Saint-François River

The Saint-Fran?ois River is a river in the Canada province of Quebec.The Saint-Fran?ois takes its source from Lac Saint-Fran?ois in Chaudi?re-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines, Quebec....
 rivers, at the edge of Lac Saint-Pierre
Lac Saint-Pierre

Lac Saint-Pierre is a lake and nature reserve in Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River between Sorel, Quebec and Trois-Rivi?res, Quebec, east of Montreal and forms part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway....
 (Hence its name, "Saint-François of the lake").

This is the same community, Francois-de-Sales or Odanak, Rogers Rangers attacked and destroyed during the French and Indian War
French and Indian War

The French and Indian War was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War, known in Canada as the War of the Conquest. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various Indigenous peoples of the Americas forces allied with them....
 on October 4, 1759.

Saint-François-du-Lac faces the town of Pierreville
Pierreville, Quebec

Pierreville, Quebec is a community in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Quebec, located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence River and Saint-Fran?ois River rivers, at the edge of Lac Saint-Pierre....
 from across the Saint-François river, and lies at the junction of Route 132
Quebec route 132

Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee, Quebec , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gasp? Peninsula....
 and Route 143
Quebec route 143

Route 143 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Until the mid 1970s when the province decided to renumber all highways, less autoroutes, it was known as Route/Highway 5....
.

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