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Terrebonne is also the center
of Quebec’s horse-riding OKA CHEESE
culture, and rodeo and ranch- This regional delicacy is
ing events take place regularly. a semi-soft washed rind
cheese with a pungent
Île-des-Moulins aroma and a nutty flavor.
⌂ 866 Rue St-Pierre It was originally crafted
# Jun–Sep: 1–9pm daily by monks back in the
∑ iledesmoulins.com early 1890s until the
popular business became
too large for the brother-
21 hood to maintain, but
their traditional recipe
Trois-Rivières is still used today. In
accordance with this,
~ £ @ g n 1457 Rue Notre the cheese is aged for
Dame; www.tourisme at least 35 days in the
troisrivieres.com cellars of the Abbaye
Quebec is one of the major Cistercienne of Oka.
paper producers in North
America, and Trois-Rivières is
a main center of that industry. the oldest in the province. 22
This fact often hides the rich Tours of the chapel and, in
historical interest that Trois- summer, the gardens and old Oka
Rivières has to offer. The first schoolrooms are offered. Also @ g n 183 Rue des Anges;
colonists arrived here from here is an 18th-century manor (450) 479 8389
France well before the city was house, the Manoir Boucher-de-
founded in 1634. Although Niverville. This cultural and The prettiest way to approach
not many colonial dwellings historical site hosts displays on this village is on the small ferry
remain, the city’s charming the rich history of the region. that chugs across the Lake of
old section has a number Two Mountains from Hudson.
of 18th- and 19th-century Monastère des Ursulines From the water, the small Neo-
houses and shops, many "' ⌂ 734 Rue des Romanesque 1878 church is
now cafés and bars. Ursulines # Times vary, visible through the trees. Oka’s
Ursuline nuns have been check website ∑ musee- Abbaye Cistercienne was
working in the city since 1697, ursulines.qc.ca founded by a group of monks
and the core of the old city is who moved to Canada in 1881.
the Monastère des Ursulines, The church’s decor is some-
a rambling complex with a what stark, but the Neo-
museum that traces the Romanesque archi tecture is
history of this teaching order, simple. Although the abbey is
now closed, a shop in the
nearby Abbaye Val Notre-
Dame sells the Oka cheese
that the monks developed.
Nearby, the Parc d’Oka covers
about 7 sq miles (20 sq km) of
ponds and forests. It fea tures
the best beach and camp-
ground in the Montreal area.
Abbaye Val Notre-Dame
= ⌂ 220 Chemin de la
Montagne-Coupée
# 9am–5pm Mon–Sat
(store open daily) ¢ Lunch
∑ abbayevalnotredame.ca

The ornate interior of the
Monastère des Ursulines
in Trois-Rivières
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