The beautiful town of Beaupré has been in existence since the beginning of the New France colony. Located along the Saint Lawrence River and Route 138 at the mouth of the Sainte-Anne-du-Nord River, it has captured the attention of Breton sailors in the 17 th  century when they landed on the coastal plains of Québec. They reputedly exclaimed, “Oh, le beau pré (Oh, the beautiful meadow)!”  And that’s how the name came to be, which I think is just perfect. Its most famous landma