Forges de St-Maurice

The Forges de St-Maurice, 13 km (8 mi.) from Trois Rivières, leaving by the Blvd. des Forges, were Canada's first ironworks. They date back to 1730, and produced a whole range of items such as boilers and stoves until 1883 when the nearby stocks of iron ore and timber ran out and the works closed.

A pretty road leads to the river and the Fontaine du Diable, where there is an escape of natural gas that can be set alight.