Johan Beetz (1874–1949), a Belgium aristocrat, physician, surgeon, naturalist, painter, illustrator and businessmen, settled in Piastre Baie (Baie-Johan-Beetz) in 1897, on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, in Quebec, Canada.[1]
- ^ Heritage cultural of Quebec (2024). "Johan Beetz, biography". Quebec Gouvernement (in French). Ministry of Culture and Communications of Quebec. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Beetz studied at the Catholic University of Louvain, where he received training in natural sciences, chemistry and human and veterinary medicine.