Tadoussac, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

One of Canada's oldest villages, TADOUSSAC is beautifully situated beneath the rounded hills that gave the place its name – it comes from the Algonquian word tatoushak , meaning "breasts". Basque whalers were the first Europeans to live here and by the time Samuel de Champlain arrived in 1603 Tadoussac was a thriving trading post. The mid-nineteenth century saw Tadoussac evolve into a popular summer resort for the anglophone bourgeoisie: the first hotel opened in 1846 and by the 1860s steamer-loads of rich anglophones were arriving every summer to escape the heat of the city. Nowadays … more »