Life Well Loved

Saguenay is known for being the name of a map on Age of Empires III, the one with the huge lake in the middle. However, Saguenay is not the name of the lake, the lake is called Lac-Saint-Jean and is Read more

Asbestos was discovered here in 1876 and the rest is history. The region was the largest producer of asbestos in the Western World until the closure of the last mine in 2012. Former mine pits in Thetford Mines, Black Lake, Read more

Drummondville is probably the prettiest town in Quebec south of the St. Lawrence and north of Sherbrooke. Yet, it’s so obscure that even the Reader’s Digest’s Canadian Book of the Road omits to mention the place. I’ve searched every page Read more

There’s the regular Beaupré and then there’s Saint-Anne-de-Beaupré. If it sounds like this town is deeply religious, that’s because it is. Pilgrims arrive just before the saints feast on July 28 and have done so since the 1650s. The iconic Read more

I visited the National Gallery of Art in Ottawa and learned that behind Quebec City and Montreal, Baie-Saint-Paul is the third most painted location of all the artwork in the gallery. It’s known for having beautiful scenery at the foothills Read more

Jacques Cartier set foot on the Île d’Orléans in 1535, but Saint-Pierre still only consisted of a handful of families into the 19th century. It wasn’t until 1935 when the 4.4km-long Post d’Île was built did Saint-Pierre see a period Read more

Saint-Famille on Orléans Island is home to the island’s historical museum – the House of our Ancestors. It commemorates the 300 founding families of New France that now love all over the continent. The area in front of the museum Read more