Place de la Rivière-Sans-Bruit and viewpoint of the Writer; these new poetic names attributed to places in the region caught the attention of the Commission de toponymie, which listed them in its favorites for 2023.
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For the fourth year, the Commission is relaunching its competition, which calls on the population to vote for their new favorite toponym. She identified 12 names that appeared in the Quebec landscape. The favorites are “twelve place names selected by the Commission for their originality, their poetic value, their ability to inspire strong images and their contribution to the promotion of cultural heritage”.
Among them, the Place de la Rivière-Sans-Bruit, a space set up along the Saint-Charles River, near Marie-de-l’Incarnation.
19th century reminder
“In this sector, its flow being low, the river is calm and discreet, which earned it the nickname of Petite Rivière Sans Bruit in the 19th century. Moreover, this nickname also designated the territory going from the Marie-de-l’Incarnation bridge to the Saules district, ”explains the Commission’s website.
As for the Writer’s viewpoint, it is located in the Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie national park, at the end of the William-Hume-Blake trail, 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”.
Stars-Cracking
Other pearls are also in the list. Note among others the Lac aux Étoiles-Qui-Craquent, in Baie-Comeau, on the North Shore, a place where, if you lie down on the frozen lake in the evening and observe the stars, you can hear the cracking of the ice that seems to come from 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 consult the complete list and vote for their love at first sight at the following address: toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/vote-toponyme/