Berthier — Maskinongé, qc

Legend has it that a shaman once lived on the island in Lac Sorcier (Sorcerer’s Lake) and that he would keep people awake at night by making strangely eerie and haunting sounds. The lake is also known for its salmon, initially stocked there in the 1920s.

Quebec’s oldest road – Le Chemin du Roy – runs the length of this riding along the shore of the St Lawrence River. It dates to the 1730s and was used by General Charles de Gaulle in his triumphant open-car journey from Quebec City to Montreal in 1967 – just before his infamous balcony speech at Montreal City Hall offended the federal government and forced him to cut short his trip to Canada.