The city was named by French-Canadian fur trappers in the 1800s for its tree-lined river — "boisé" means ... Some of those settlers came from the Basque Country. Originating from the mountains ...

As you go upstream from the river mouth, the view changes. Imposing and colourful Basque buildings give way to industrial warehouses on the French side, and unappealing residential tower blocks on ...

The Basque, Spanish, English, Dutch and Portuguese had had a presence in Tadoussac for a long time and the natives preferred to go to the trading post on the river rather than the one on the ...