The first record of the name goes back to 1739. "Nouvelle Beauce" (New Beauce) designated the seigneuries granted earlier along the Chaudière River and which would later become the current cities of Sainte-Marie, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Beauceville, and Saint-Georges, as well as several other communities which would detach from these territories.
According to accounts from Governor Charles de Beauharnois de la Boische and Intendant Gilles Hocquart, "Beauce" was chosen by seigneurs Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil and Thomas-Jacques Taschereau to develop the potential of colonization, as the name recalls the French Beauce, a region renowned for its wheat production. In 1829, the name represented a county extending to the Canada–US border with Maine.[2]
Later, Beauce would also be the name of administrative, municipal, electoral, school and judicial subdivisions, sometimes with different borders. Today, residents of neighbouring regional county municipalities consider themselves "Beaucerons" (masculine) or "Beauceronnes" (feminine) because of the former administrative links.
Historically, Beaucerons have also been known under the nickname of "Jarrets noirs" (black hocks). Travelling to Quebec City took up to one week, and because of the hilly roads and their conditions, they would often have to push their farm carts. They would get their legs dirty and arrive at the destination with their hocks black.
Black hocks actually referred to the hocks of their horses being black when they got to Quebec City because of the abundance of peaty bogs or wetlands on the journey there. Horses legs would sink up to their hocks and become covered in the muck and therefore be blackened.
Economyedit
Exclusively agricultural for many years, Beauce's economy slowly diversified in the first half of the 20th century through forestry, wood processing, and the leather and textile industries. In 1951, the industrial production value became for the first time superior to agriculture, likely due to strong local entrepreneurship and cheap labour. Today's economy relies especially on small and medium enterprises in the industries of furniture, food, clothing, printing and metalworking. It is known as Quebec's entrepreneurial heartland.
beauce, quebec, other, uses, beauce, beauce, french, pronunciation, historical, traditional, region, quebec, located, south, quebec, city, corresponds, approximately, regional, county, municipalities, beauce, sartigan, beauce, centre, nouvelle, beauce, major, . For other uses see Beauce Beauce b oʊ s 1 French pronunciation bos is a historical and traditional region of Quebec located south of Quebec City It corresponds approximately to the regional county municipalities of Beauce Sartigan Beauce Centre and La Nouvelle Beauce and its major communities are Saint Georges Sainte Marie Beauceville Saint Joseph de Beauce and Saint Victor Contents 1 Name 2 Economy 3 People linked to Beauce 4 See also 5 NotesName editThe first record of the name goes back to 1739 Nouvelle Beauce New Beauce designated the seigneuries granted earlier along the Chaudiere River and which would later become the current cities of Sainte Marie Saint Joseph de Beauce Beauceville and Saint Georges as well as several other communities which would detach from these territories According to accounts from Governor Charles de Beauharnois de la Boische and Intendant Gilles Hocquart Beauce was chosen by seigneurs Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendiere Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil and Thomas Jacques Taschereau to develop the potential of colonization as the name recalls the French Beauce a region renowned for its wheat production In 1829 the name represented a county extending to the Canada US border with Maine 2 Later Beauce would also be the name of administrative municipal electoral school and judicial subdivisions sometimes with different borders Today residents of neighbouring regional county municipalities consider themselves Beaucerons masculine or Beauceronnes feminine because of the former administrative links Historically Beaucerons have also been known under the nickname of Jarrets noirs black hocks Travelling to Quebec City took up to one week and because of the hilly roads and their conditions they would often have to push their farm carts They would get their legs dirty and arrive at the destination with their hocks black Black hocks actually referred to the hocks of their horses being black when they got to Quebec City because of the abundance of peaty bogs or wetlands on the journey there Horses legs would sink up to their hocks and become covered in the muck and therefore be blackened Economy editExclusively agricultural for many years Beauce s economy slowly diversified in the first half of the 20th century through forestry wood processing and the leather and textile industries In 1951 the industrial production value became for the first time superior to agriculture likely due to strong local entrepreneurship and cheap labour Today s economy relies especially on small and medium enterprises in the industries of furniture food clothing printing and metalworking It is known as Quebec s entrepreneurial heartland People linked to Beauce editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Beauce Quebec news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Marius Barbeau ethnographer Jesse Belanger NHL hockey player Gilles Bernier Canadian politician Maxime Bernier Canadian politician Joseph Bolduc Canadian politician Roch Carrier author William Chapman poet Robert Cliche Quebec politician Marcel Dutil businessman Clermont Pepin composer Edouard Lacroix businessman and politician Laurent Noel Catholic bishop Jacques Poulin novelist Marie Philip Poulin hockey player George Pozer businessman Fabien Roy Canadian politician Mathieu Roy NHL hockey player Alex Tanguay NHL hockey player Elzear Alexandre Taschereau clergyman Henri Elzear Taschereau judge Stephane Veilleux NHL hockey playerSee also edit nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Beauce List of Quebec regions Chaudiere Appalaches Beauce Centre Regional County Municipality Beauce Sartigan Regional County Municipality Quebec La Nouvelle Beauce Regional County Municipality Quebec Tour de BeauceNotes edit The Canadian Press 2017 The Canadian Press Stylebook 18th ed Toronto The Canadian Press Beauce in French Commission de toponymie du Quebec Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2009 05 15 46 07 N 70 40 W 46 117 N 70 667 W 46 117 70 667 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beauce Quebec amp oldid 1166576608, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
