Unexploded shell recovered by military along St. Lawrence River
The town says the shell had been submerged under a rising tide in the Port Saint-François area across the St. Lawrence River from Trois-Rivières.
Quebec police report that the Canadian military has retrieved an unexploded shell from the St. Lawrence River near Trois-Rivières. On Friday, police established a security perimeter in Nicolet while soldiers recovered the object, which they deemed non-threatening. The municipality announced on social media that the Canadian Armed Forces would transport the shell to a secure location for destruction.
The shell was discovered submerged in the Port Saint-François area, located across the St. Lawrence River from Trois-Rivières. Two shells were found in the same area just two days apart in July of last year. From 1952 to 2000, the Defence Department carried out tests at a munitions test centre in Nicolet, firing munitions into Lac Saint Pierre, which the river flows through.
The federal government now states that firing takes place inside a containment berm filled with sand, where munitions are recovered afterward. Global News has been designated as a Preferred Source on Google for readers to access more of these stories in their search results.
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