Closely tied to the imagination of writer Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, who was born there, the village of Trois-Pistoles is notably known for its imposing five-steeple Notre-Dame-des-Neiges church, rich in local legends told via an audio-guided tour.
The founding legend of the place name tells of a sailor who lost a silver goblet worth three pistoles (an old currency) in the nearby river, giving the locality its name. Beyond this anecdote, Trois-Pistoles remains an important cultural anchor of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, largely thanks to the work of Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, one of Quebec's most prolific writers of the 20th century, who helped inscribe this corner of the province in the nation's literary imagination.
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30, rue Notre-Dame Est, Trois-Pistoles (QC) G0L 4K0
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