Country Canada RCM Témiscouata Constituted July 14, 1874 Area 110.5 km² Local time Tuesday 4:45 PM | Region Bas-Saint-Laurent Named 1874 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Population 1,318 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! ([sɛ̃.lwi.dɥ.ˈa.ʔa]) 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. Its economy is mainly agricultural.
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Map of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, QC, Canada
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!'s motto is Solidaire dans le labeur, French for Solidarity in work. Its current mayor is Louiselle Ouellet.
History
The parish began in 1860 as the site of a Roman Catholic mission; it was named in 1874.
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 unexpected obstacle or abruptly ending path; 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. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.