Saint-Malo, Quebec
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Saint-Malo is a municipality which has the highest elevation in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. At 640 metres, local residents live in an environment of forests, farms, and waterways that supply their livelihood. Every September, they revive the traditions of their ancestors with a Harvest Festival that includes a “country” mass. Visitors must see La Montagnaise, a 10-metre observation tower built in 1995 that lets all admire the countryside from an incredible vantage point.

History

The parish of Saint-Malo was established in 1863 by Canadiens and was incorporated as a municipality in 1910. The town's name evokes the Welsh monk Malo, missionary bishop of Brittany, and refers to the hometown of Jacques Cartier, explorer of the New World.

Known persons from this town

  • Émilie Lévesque, singer (participated to Star Académie
    Star Académie
    Star Académie is a Canadian reality TV series started in 2003, aimed primarily at the Quebec television audience, featuring an array of competing young women and men for the title of the best singer...

     2009)
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