Saint Alexis des Monts

Saint-Alexis-des-Monts is a ward region in the Mauricie area of the region of Quebec in Canada. It is situated in the Laurentian Mountains, having a geology that is portrayed by valleys and adjusted slopes, with a height changing between 150 meters 490 ft to 560 meters 1,840 ft. There are in excess of 600 lakes, 400 named and another 200 anonymous minor lakes. The greater part 65% of its region is a piece of the Matawin Wildlife Reserve.

The town relies upon outside tourism that builds its occasional populace to somewhere in the range of 8000 and 10,000 people. The principal pilgrims were initially from Saint-Paulin and set up the network on the banks of the Du Loup River, north-west of Saint-Paulin, around 1865. On October 30 of that year, Alexis Lefebvre Boulanger 1812-1885, pioneer and agriculturist, gave the arrive on which the town's house of prayer was worked in 1867, and the congregation in 1884. Holy person Alexis was named after him.

Its mail station, recognized as Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, opened in 1876. In 1877, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts was framed. In 1973, a part of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts isolated and framed the Municipality of Belleau, named to pay tribute to Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau 1808-1894, previous lieutenant-legislative head of Quebec. On April 21, 1984, Belleau rejoined Saint-Alexis-des-Monts once more, and the ward district had a surface territory of in excess of 500 square kilometers 190 sq mi.