L'Islet Regional County Municipality Voyage Tips and guide

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L'Islet is a regional county municipality (RCM) on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches in Quebec, Canada.

The main attractions of the L'Islet RCM are:

• its arts and culture;
• its built heritage, as well as museums recreate the past; the region has a rich religious, maritime, agricultural, forestry, and recreational tourism history;
• nautical activities (recreational boating) on the bodies of water, rivers, and the St. Lawrence River;
• outdoor activities (hiking, cycling, hunting, fishing);
• the Lac Trois Saumons resort and summer camp: this RCM has a large number of cottages, particularly around bodies of water (e.g., Lac Trois Saumons);
• the natural attractions of the land: rivers, waterfalls, canyons, Notre-Dame Mountains, bucolic sunsets...;
• agritourism: self-service kiosks, farm shop, public markets, cheese shops.

The Islet Regional County Municipality (RCM) covers a territory extending from the middle of the St. Lawrence River (opposite Baie-Saint-Paul) to the U.S. border. Its territory has an average length of approximately 40 km parallel to the St. Lawrence River and a depth of approximately 50 km perpendicular to the river. It was established on January 1, 1982. This RCM is bordered to the southeast by the state of Maine, whose bordering area is almost uninhabited; to the northwest by the St. Lawrence River, which varies between 20 and Template:Unit in width. On the river, a few rocky islets are part of the RCM; these few islands are between 5 and 11 km away from the river's shore.

Several buildings in the L'Islet RCM are classified as "historic" by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs:

• L'Islet-sur-Mer: Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Church, the Salle des Habitants, and the Chapelle des Marins;
• Saint-Jean-Port-Joli: Church of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli;
• Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies: the Seigneurie des Aulnaies (with the Dionne Manor, the shed, and the Petit Trianon), the communal mill, and the chapel;
• The Bras d'Apic Chapel: once housed a classroom on the second floor.

  

Several other sites and buildings of regional interest, mainly located along Route 132, have been listed by the macro-inventory and the L'Islet MRC. Some heritage elements are characteristic or particularly widespread in the L'Islet MRC, including watermills (9), wayside crosses (45), and the arched eaves of the longhouses along the river. Local museum institutions, such as the "Maritime Museum of Quebec" in the village of L'Islet and the "Living Memory Museum" in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, have implemented measures to enhance heritage elements for the sake of preservation and public exposure.

Mountains

The main mountains in the L'Islet RCM are:

• Saint-Adalbert: Bellevue Mountain, Roberge Mountain;
• Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies: Montée des Clochers;
• Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet: Mont Fournier;
• Saint-Jean-Port-Joli: Montée Leclerc, Montée Victor-Duval, Montée Volh;
• L'Islet (municipality): Le Pain de Sucre (mountain);
• Saint-Omer: Rochu Mountain.

Lakes and Rivers

The L'Islet RCM has 47 lakes and 36 rivers within its territory.

Map of L'Islet Regional County Municipality

• 47.1-70.351 L'Islet (city) — a town
• 46.9667-69.78332 Saint-Pamphile — a town
• 46.8667-69.93 Saint-Adalbert — a town
• 45.55-69.94 Saint-Aubert (Quebec) — a town
• 47.2-70.13335 Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet — a town
• 46.96497-69.942976 Sainte-Félicité — a town
• 0-69.93337 Sainte-Perpétue (L'Islet) — a town
• 45.5333-70.26678 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli — a town
• 46.9-70.06679 Saint-Marcel (Quebec) — a town
• -69.7333-73.1510 Saint-Omer (Quebec) — a town
• 47.1164-69.9870811 Tourville — a town
• 47.0333-70.283312 Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard — a town
• 47.2833-70.133313 Sainte-Louise — a town
• 47.3167-70.183314 Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies — a town

Each town in the MRC has a grocery store and generally a restaurant/snack bar.

Montréal ← Drummondville ←	O  E	→ Lévis → Rivière-du-Loup
Dundee ← Brossard ←	W  E	→ Montmagny → Mont-Joli
Lac-Mégantic ← Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce ←	O  E	→ Saint-Pamphile → Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley ← Sherbrooke ←	W  E	→ Saint-Philémon → Sainte-Perpétue
L'Islet (municipalité) ← Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard ←	N  S	→ Saint-Marcel → Saint-Adalbert