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Cap-de-la-Madeleine welcomes pilgrims and history buffs to the gardens and basilica of
the seventeenth-century shrine Our Lady of the Cape.
6. Champlain
Historichomes,monuments,andchurchesdottheKing'sRoadfromTrois-RivièrestoQue-
bec City, consistently cited as the most beautiful section of the drive. At Champlain, fres-
coes and oil paintings gleam from the walls of the Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation
de Champlain, a nineteenth-century neo-Romanesque church that towers 143 feet over the
village.
7. Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
In Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, brush up on the seignorial feudal system that dominated the
region for three centuries. The Domaine seigneurial Saint-Anne offers guided tours of the
1820s-eratower,annex,andmanorgrounds.AttheBatiscanwharf,about31/2milessouth
of town, a reconstructed signals office now houses the seasonal tourist information center,
which points visitors to other attractions.
8. Deschambault-Grondines
The municipalities of Deschambault-Grondines, members of the “most beautiful villages
ofQuebec”association,beckondriverswithhillsofgreenpunctuatedbycentury-oldstone.
The Chemin du Roy information center sits atop a promontory at Grondines-Est and dis-
penses the history of this famous roadway, along with services for the many bicyclists who
travel the along the Route Verte bike path. In Deschambault, rue de l'Église offers access
to the tip of the cape, where rapids whip the river into a froth—a sight that stymied early
explorersJacquesCartierandSamueldeChamplain,whofoundedatradingpostonthesite
in 1633.
9. Cap-Santé
This archetypical farming village boasts one of the most beautiful streets in the province,
accordingtoCanada's Globe and Mail. Thenarrow,shadedVieux-Chemin,whichbranches
from the King's Road in Cap-Santé, passes by stately eighteenth-century homes of stone
and wood, especially picturesque when set against bright fall foliage.
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