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Name
Template:Stack The Commission de toponymie du Québec asserts that the parish's name refers to nearby Lake Témiscouata, the sense of haha here being an archaic French word for an impasse;[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]
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name, and shares the distinction of having an exclamation point in its name with Westward Ho!, a village in Devon, in south-west England.[2] In September 2017, the municipality established a Guinness World Record for the "Most exclamation marks in a town name".[4]
History
The parish began in 1860 as the site of a Catholic mission; it was named in 1874.[5]
Demographics
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See also
- Baie des Ha! Ha!: A bay on the Saint Lawrence River in the Côte-Nord region.[7]
- Baie des Ha! Ha!: A bay on the Saguenay River in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.[8]
- Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone
- Hamilton!, Ohio, United States, city that briefly added an exclamation point to its name
- List of parish municipalities in Quebec
- Rivière Ha! Ha!: A river in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.[9]
- Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, United States; a town that renamed itself after a radio show
- Westward Ho!, a village in Devon, England
References
External links
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- fr:Ha! Ha! Template:In lang, a disambiguation page in the French Wikipedia for "Ha! Ha!" place names in Quebec
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