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Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec
Attractions in Bécancour

Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec opens Bécancour’s list

Of the 25 places to visit in and around Bécancour, 22 are museums or galleries. We list 3 places to visit inside Bécancour’s municipal boundary and 22 within 5 km of its edge. For a full day, there is La Cité de l'Énergie, 36 km away.

Photo: Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec, Pagé Émilie (CC BY-SA 4.0)
In Bécancour
3
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
22
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
22
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
3
in or near town
Best known

Bécancour’s best known

MuseumCentre de la Biodiversité du Québecin townNational historic siteMoulin Michelin townArt galleryArt galleryGalerie Maviain townCathedralAssumption Cathedral2.1 km outside town, to the westCathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Nicolet4.2 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumOld Trois-Rivières Prison1.9 km outside town, to the west

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

The places, mapped

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The dashed line is Bécancour’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

What you can see

Museums & galleries 17 museums · 5 art galleries2 in town · 20 nearby
Forts & historic sites 2 cathedrals · 1 national historic site1 in town · 2 nearby

Green: inside Bécancour. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

All of them, one by one

The 3 inside Bécancour come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.

Historic places in Bécancour → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Bécancour →

Big names nearby

Beyond Bécancour

MuseumLa Cité de l'Énergie36 km northwestMuseumMoulin seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac19 km southwest

Places well known beyond Bécancour (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada or Sépaq property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Good to know in Bécancour

What are the main attractions in Bécancour?

The names to know inside Bécancour’s municipal boundary: Moulin Michel and Galerie Mavia.

Does Bécancour have a museum?

Look at Old Trois-Rivières Prison, Maison Rocheleau and Musée Boréalis, in Bécancour or within 5 km.

Is there a Parks Canada or Sépaq property near Bécancour?

Our list has none in Bécancour or within 5 km of it.

What are the best-known days out near Bécancour?

The best known within 40 km are Moulin seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac (19 km).

How is this list made?

Museums, galleries, national historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers are merged into one list. A historic building needs a sign it welcomes visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article); hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Each place is put in the town’s 2021 outline or within 5 km of its edge.

Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (14)

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).