Baie-Johan-Beetz is a municipality located near the mouth of the Piashti River on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.

[4] In 1897, Johan Beetz (1874-1949), a Belgium aristocrat, with training in natural sciences and medicine, immigrate there, and on 27 September 1898, married Adéla Tanguay (1884-1954), daughter of Sébastien Tanguay, fisherman, and Marie-Louise (Henriette) Arseneault,[9] 11 children were born of this union.

The many activities of Johan Beetz brought considerable impetus to the socio-economic development of the locality and that of the North Shore.

The Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary [12] includes Pontbriand,[13] Jalobert[14] and Pashashibou bays, all islands, islets and emerging rocks in the area, as well as the offshore waters over a distance of several kilometers from the coast.

Vegetation is limited to a few species of moss and lichens, because the terrestrial part of the refuge is mainly made up of rocky outcrops.

Bird species present in smaller numbers also benefit from this sanctuary: The Johan-Beetz House, a Second Empire-inspired rural residence built in 1899, dominates the landscape of a rocky promontory jutting into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, at the mouth of the Piashti River.

[24]For the best part of the 20th century, depending on the ice conditions, the Clarke Steamship Co. Ltd. ships,[25][26] departing from Montreal and Quebec, regularly stopped at Johan Beetz.