Nature is so plentiful in Montérégie that the region is rightly known as the Garden of Québec. Because of its fertile soil and its numerous rivers used as communications' routes, the region soon aroused interest and desire. Beginning with the Native Americans, in the most ancient times, to the wars of conquest during the Nouvelle-France era and up to the most recent industrial history, the Montérégie region offers a condensed version of the most essential events that made Canadian history.
From breeding farms to gourmet cuisine, Montérégie's chefs are surpassing themselves to satisfy the most demanding palates. More than attractions, it is people that make Montérégie so distinctive. At the helm of every enterprise, you will find a craftsman passionately in love with his work or his art. Cider makers or winegrowers, beekeepers, cheese makers, breeders, farmers, chefs, guides, innkeepers, or ship captains... every one makes it its duty and privilege to share with the visiting tourists their knowledge of the region and their know-how drawn more often than not from ancestral traditions. These people will go out of their way to explain the process of cider making, how to protect the vines in winter, or how their grand-father harvested maple sap. Come visit and you will discover why among all other regions Montérégie is without compare.
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