BOWSPRIT COAST

This narrow strip of land, located between the Canadian Shield and the North shore of the St. Lawrence, extends east of Quebec City to Baie-Saint-Paul, where the Charlevoix coast itself begins. It was in view of the green meadows bordering the river that Jacques Cartier said: " What a beautiful meadow! ", hence the origin of the name. This is where, on these fertile lands, Champlain was building its first farm and the settlers established themselves from 1630.

The region, entirely dedicated to the mother of the Virgin, is famous for her pilgrimage to Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Mount Sainte-Anne, the most popular winter sports station of Quebecers, and for the beautiful falls of St. Anne Canyon.