Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

English

Etymology

From French. The Louis mentioned in the name may be Louis Marquis (one of the first colonists of the region), Louis-Antoine Proulx (vicar of Rivière-du-Loup), or Louis-Nicolas Bernier (an abbot). Ha! Ha! (see ha-ha (“obstacle which suddenly interrupts a path”)) is said by the Commission de toponymie to refer to nearby Lake Témiscouata.

Proper noun

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

  1. A small parish municipality in Témiscouata regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada, founded in the 1800s.

See also
  • Westward Ho!, another village with an exclamation mark in its name
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