Charlevoix travel guide

The Charlevoix region, located in Quebec, includes parts of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River and the Laurentian mountains region of the Canadian Shield. This dramatic landscape includes rolling terrain, fjords, headlands and bays. For much of its history, Charlevoix was home to a thriving summer colony of wealthy Americans, including President William Howard Taft. The community of La Malbaie was known as the first vacation spot in Canada. Scottish landowners Malcolm Fraser and John Nairn hosted visitors at their manors as early as 1760.
Worthy of note are:
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area
Baie-Saint-Paul, an important arts center
Le Domaine Forget music festival and academy
Île aux Coudres
the Parc des Grands-Jardins
the Haute-Gorges de la Rivière Malbaie
the Manoir Richelieu and the Casino de Charlevoix
the fjord of the Saguenay River
the Commission scolaire de Charlevoix
The topography of this region was dramatically altered by a meteorite impact that occurred 350 million years ago creating the Charlevoix crater. This area was subsequently reshaped by glaciation.
The Charlevoix region was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1988.
There have been several major earthquakes in the region:
on February 5 1663, centred south of La Malbaie
on December 6 1791, centred near Baie-Saint-Paul
on October 17 1860, centred under the Saint Lawrence River
on October 20 1870, centred near Baie-Saint-Paul
on February 28 1925, centred under the Saint Lawrence River
There were 8 earthquakes between magnitude 4 and 5 on the Richter scale between 1977 and 1997 in Charlevoix, with minimal damages
The region was named after Pierre François-Xavier de Charlevoix, a French Jesuit explorer and historian who travelled through this region in the 18th century. (...) more....