Berceau du Kamouraska
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This commemorative park 2 kilometres east of the village marks the site of the first centre of civic and religious life in Kamouraska and the Bas-Saint-Laurent region east of Rivière-Ouelle (1709-1791).
It includes a memorial chapel; memorial plaques for the Michaud, Levasseur, Malenfant, Kirouac, Raymond (aka Phocas), Roy (aka Desjardins), Dionne, Albert and Thériault families; a monument dedicated to the first settlers listing over 220 family names; and the sites of the second church, the presbytery and the first cemetery in Kamouraska.