Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo is the highest municipality in Quebec. At 640 metres, local residents live in an environment of forests, farms, and waterways that supply their livelihood. Every September, they revive the traditions of their ancestors with a Harvest Festival that includes a “country” mass. The parish of Saint-Malo was established in 1863 by French Canadians and incorporated as a municipality in 1910. The town's name evokes the Welsh monk Malo, missionary bishop of Brittany, and refers to the homeland of Jacques Cartier, explorer of the New World. Visitors must see La Montagnaise, a 10-metre observation tower built in 1995 that lets all admire the countryside from an incredible vantage point.