Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

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Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
—  Parish municipality  —
Motto: Solidaire dans le labeur (Solidarity in work)
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is located in Quebec
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Location of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°40′15″N 68°58′45″W / 47.67083°N 68.97917°W / 47.67083; -68.97917Coordinates: 47°40′15″N 68°58′45″W / 47.67083°N 68.97917°W / 47.67083; -68.97917
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RCM Témiscouata [1]
Named 1874
Government
 • Mayor Louiselle Ouellet
Area[1][2]
 • Total 110.50 km2 (42.66 sq mi)
 • Land 112.31 km2 (43.36 sq mi)
  There appears to be a discrepancy in the areas given by two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 1,318
 • Density 11.7/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Website www.saintlouisduhaha.com (French)

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! 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 parish began in 1860 as the site of a Roman Catholic mission; it was named in 1874.[3] The population of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is 1,318.[2] Its economy is mainly agricultural.

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!'s motto is Solidaire dans le labeur, French for Solidarity in work. Its current mayor is Louiselle Ouellet.

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[edit] Origin of the name

The commission de toponymie 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,[4] 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.[5]

The exclamation marks were originally added colloquially, but are now officially part of the name.[1][5]


A Canada Post sign in Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

[edit] See also

[edit] Other named places in Quebec

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Geographic code 13080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités
  2. ^ a b c "(Code 2413080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2413080&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. 
  3. ^ "TransCanadaHighway.com St Louis du Ha Ha, Quebec". FoundLocally.com. http://transcanadahighway.com/Quebec/StLouisDuHaHa.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 
  4. ^ Jeffries, Stuart (29 April 2009). "The joy of exclamation marks!". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/29/exclamation-mark-punctuation. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
  5. ^ a b Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! (French) at the Commission de toponymie of the government of Quebec
  6. ^ http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=27624
  7. ^ http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=27625
  8. ^ http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=27680

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