Bas St-Laurent

"Bas St-Laurent" is the name given to that stretch of gently undulating countryside to the south of the St Lawrence River with a number of impressive agricultural estates. Further south the natural border is formed by the foothills of the Appalachians. A few rocky ridges and sandy plateau protrude into this intensively cultivated region.

Immigrants from Europe settled on the southern shores of the St Lawrence many years ago.

Close to the river - alongside which the main road also winds - fishing villages nudge each other like pearls in a necklace. Cod, mackerel, lobsters and shrimps are here in abundance, and everywhere tourists are tempted to stay and watch fish being smoked in little huts.

Pretty villages and industrious towns with woodworking and textile factories and the like bear witness to the prosperity of this stretch of country.