Place de la Rivière-Sans-Bruit and the writer’s viewpoint; These new poetic names attributed to places in the region caught the attention of the Commission de Toponymie, who included them in their 2023 favorites.
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For the fourth time, the Commission is relaunching its contest calling on the public to vote for their new favorite place name. She identified 12 names that appeared in the Quebec countryside. The favorites are “twelve place names selected by the Commission for their originality, poetic value, ability to inspire powerful imagery and contribution to the promotion of cultural heritage”.
Among them the Place de la Rivière-Sans-Bruit, a square on the Saint-Charles river near Marie-de-l’Incarnation.
memory of the 19e century
“In this stretch, the river is calm and discreet due to its low current, which earned it the nickname Petite Rivière Sans Bruit in the 19th century. In addition, this nickname also denoted the area that runs from the Marie-de-l’Incarnation bridge to the Saules district, ”explains the commission’s website.
The writer’s viewpoint is located in the Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park, at the end of the William-Hume-Blake path, at the foot of Mont Guy-Godin. . It refers to the writer and translator who gave his name to the trail and “who explored the Charlevoix region”.
star cracking
Other beads are also in the list. Among other things, note the Lac aux Étoiles-Qui-Craquent in Baie-Comeau on the north coast, a place where, if you lie down on the frozen lake in the evening and watch the stars, you can hear the cracking of the ice that shines from to come to the firmament.
Rue du Bec-Sucré in Saint-Adèle in the Laurentians brings smiles, as does Promenade des Porteurs-d’Espoir in McMasterville in Montérégie and Clos-des-Feux-Follets in Terrebonne in Lanaudiere.
Quebecers can view the full list and vote for their love at first sight at: toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/vote-toponyme/