Franquelin (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃klɛ̃]) is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord in RCM Manicouagan.

Franquelin was founded at the foot of Massifs rocks of the Laurentians where impressive cliffs plunge to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

From there, it was shipped to paper mills in Thorold, Ontario, and then to Baie-Comeau starting in 1937.

The Ontario Paper Company, owned by Colonel Robert R. McCormick, which later became the Quebec North Shore Paper Co., needed paper to supply the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News, which were also owned by McCormick.

The village was also called Bec-Scie in the past, as well as Baie-des-Cèdres, the name given to the local post office between 1920 and 1928.