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Military recovers unexploded shell from St. Lawrence River bank
The Canadian military recovered an unexploded shell from the St. Lawrence River bank near Nicolet, Quebec.
Police set up a security perimeter on Friday after the object was found in the Port Saint-François area, across the river from Trois-Rivières.
The shell had been submerged beneath a rising tide and was later deemed harmless.
The military planned to move it and destroy it, and no evacuation was needed.
Two shells were found in the same area within two days last July.
From 1952 to 2000, the Defence Department tested munitions at a centre in Nicolet by firing them into Lac Saint-Pierre, which the river flows through; testing now takes place inside a sand-filled berm, where the munitions are recovered.
The military recovered an unexploded shell from the banks of the St. Lawrence River near Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Police said the object was deemed harmless, and no evacuation was needed.
The shell had been submerged under a rising tide in the Port Saint-François area.
The municipality said the Canadian Armed Forces would transport it elsewhere and destroy it.
Two shells were found in the same area within two days last July.
- Who
- Canadian Armed Forces soldiers recovered the shell.
- What
- They recovered an unexploded shell that police said was harmless.
- When
- Friday. The article was published on November 8, 2026.
- Where
- The Port Saint-François area near Trois-Rivières, Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River.
- Why
- Not stated
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The Defence Department conducted tests at a munitions test centre in Nicolet by firing into Lac Saint Pierre.
Two shells were found within two days in the same area.
Police formed a security perimeter in Nicolet, and soldiers recovered the shell.
- Object
- Unexploded shell
- Location
- Port Saint-François area near Trois-Rivières, Quebec
- Recovery
- Canadian Armed Forces soldiers
- Planned disposal
- Transported to another location and destroyed
- Earlier finds
- Two shells within two days last July