| Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! | |
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| A Canada Post sign in Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! | |
| Motto: Solidaire dans le labeur (Solidarity in work) | |
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Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| RCM | Témiscouata |
| Named | 1874 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Louiselle Ouellet |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,471 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Website | www.saintlouisduhaha.com (French) |
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is a parish (a small town) in the regional county municipality of Témiscouata, Quebec, near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup and west of Cabano along the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 185), about halfway to Edmundston in New Brunswick.
The parish began in 1860 as the site of a Roman Catholic mission; it was named in 1874.[1] The population of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is 1,471. Its economy is mainly agricultural.
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!'s motto is Solidaire dans le labeur, French for Solidarity in work. Its current mayor is Louiselle Ouellet.
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The commission de toponymie asserts that the parish's name refers to nearby Lake Témiscouata, the sense of haha here being an archaic French word for an unexpected obstacle or abruptly ending path,[2] see ha-ha. The Louis may refer to Louis Marquis, one of the first colonists of the region, or Louis-Antoine Proulx, vicar of Rivière-du-Loup, or perhaps the abbot Louis-Nicolas Bernier.[3]
The exclamation marks were added colloquially and have since gained recognized status among Canadian federal institutions such as Canada Post.
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