Bay-Saint-Paul

Bay-Saint-Paul is a city of the Quebec, located in the regional Municipalité of county of Charlevoix, in the administrative area of the Capital-Main road.

Colonization

Bay-Saint-Paul appears among the first places of Quebec to be colonized. As of the 17th century, of the French, in particular the Simard families and Bouchard, settle there for the exploitation of the forest and, later, for agriculture.

Landscape

It conceals a contrasted landscape of mountains and sea, genuine natural barrier which kept it isolated a long time from the remainder of the Quebec. The beauty of its natural heritage and cultural thus preserved attracted many painters conferring his reputation of " to him; paradise of the artists ". Bay-Saint-Paul has the statute of " inhabited area " reserve of the biosphere of Charlevoix.

Position

The town of Bay-Saint-Paul is in the area of Charlevoix which is located at a hundred kilometers of the town of Quebec. Charlevoix extends along northern bank from the St. Lawrence river on a territory from 6000 km ². The area is characterized by the exceptional quality of its environment and received, in 1988, the statute of World reserve of the biosphere by UNESCO. It is one of the first tourist areas of Canada.

Economy

The economy of Bay-Saint-Paul was based a long time on the agriculture and the forest industry which were integrated with difficulty into an market economy as in the other areas far away from the Quebec. The exploitation of these natural resources enabled him to enter modernity gently. However, these natural resources were insufficient to ensure a vigorous industrial takeoff to him as that was the case for areas like the Abitibi, the Coast-North, the Saguenay-Lake-Saint-Jean and the Mauricie. Today, its economy still rests on agriculture and the forest like, since about thirty years, on tourism (to read almost primarily on tourism).


Municipalities bordering

Sources

  • Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
  • Commission of toponymy of Quebec
  • municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts

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