Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.lwi.dy.a.a]) is a parish municipality in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in Quebec, near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup and west of Cabano along the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 185), about halfway to Edmundston in New Brunswick. The population of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is 1,318.[3] Its economy is mainly agricultural.
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! | |
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Parish municipality | |
Coat of arms | |
Motto(s): | |
Location within Témiscouata RCM | |
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! Location in eastern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 47°40′N 68°59′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Témiscouata |
Named | 1874 |
Constituted | 14 July 1874 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sonia Larrivée |
• Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques |
• Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata |
Area | |
• Total | 110.50 km2 (42.66 sq mi) |
• Land | 112.31 km2 (43.36 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,318 |
• Density | 11.7/km2 (30/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006–11 | |
• Dwellings | 590 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0L 3S0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | Trans-Canada Highway |
Website | www |
History
The parish began in 1860 as the site of a Roman Catholic mission; it was named in 1874.[4]
In September 2017, the municipality established a Guinness World Record for the "Most exclamation marks in a town name". [5]
Etymology
The Commission de toponymie du Québec asserts that the parish's name refers to nearby Lake Témiscouata, the sense of haha here being an archaic French word for an impasse;[6] see Ha-ha. The Louis may refer to Louis Marquis, one of the first colonists of the region, or Louis-Antoine Proulx, vicar of Rivière-du-Loup, or perhaps the abbot Louis-Nicolas Bernier.[1] Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.[6]
Similarly named places in Quebec
- Baie des Ha! Ha!: A bay on the Saguenay River in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.[7]
- Baie des Ha! Ha!: A bay on the Saint Lawrence River in the Côte-Nord region.[8]
- Rivière Ha! Ha!: A river in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.[9]
See also
- List of parish municipalities in Quebec
- Westward Ho!, a village in Devon, England
- Hamilton!, Ohio, United States, city that briefly added an exclamation point to its name
- Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone
References
- Reference number 57133 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 13080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2413080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- "TransCanadaHighway.com St Louis du Ha Ha, Quebec". FoundLocally.com. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
- "Saint Louis du Ha!Ha! gets Guinness World Record nod for its exclamation marks". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- Jeffries, Stuart (29 April 2009). "The joy of exclamation marks!". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- "Baie des Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Baie des Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Rivière Ha! Ha!". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
External links
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! travel guide from Wikivoyage - Official website (in French)
- fr:Ha! Ha! (in French), a disambiguation page in the French Wikipedia for "Ha! Ha!" place names in Quebec