The cap Trinité is a rock wall in three plateaus of the Baie Éternité overhanging the

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...

, the

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, in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in

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. This natural elevation is located in

Saguenay Fjord National Park Saguenay Fjord National Park () is a provincial park located in Quebec, Canada. In the regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Charlevoix, Côte-Nord, and Bas-Saint-Laurent, the park is situated along the eastern end of the Saguenay River and adjo ...

. There is the Statue of Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay.

Toponymy

The

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writes about it: "The origin of the name would be linked to its particular form as described thus :" Cape Trinité was given its name because it is actually formed by three equal caps of size and elevation, the first of which also includes three caps arranged in echelon and forming like three superimposed stages".

Geography

History

Tourism

Cape Trinité is the main attraction of

In culture

Legend

According to a legend

montagnais The Innu/Ilnu ('man, person'), formerly called Montagnais (French for 'mountain people'; ), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit northeastern Labrador in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador and some portions of Quebec. They refer to t ...

, the cape Trinité would be the result of the combat between Mayo, the first Montagnais, and of a bad

manitou Manitou () is the fundamental life force in the theologies of Algonquian peoples. It is said to be omnipresent and manifests everywhere: organisms, the environment, events, etc. ''Aashaa monetoo'' means "good spirit", while ''otshee monetoo ...

. While he was paddling on the Saguenay, a creature appeared from the river to attack it. Mayo, responding only with his courage, took the creature by the tail and smashed it on the mountain. It was at the third stroke that the beast was crushed, which explains the three levels of the cape. Where the manitou hit the rock, no more vegetation grew.

Poetry

Louis-Honoré Fréchette Louis-Honoré Fréchette (; November 16, 1839 – May 31, 1908) was a Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short story writer. For his prose, he would be the first Quebecois to receive the Prix Montyon from the Académie française, and ...

wrote, in 1873, a poem titled ''Le cap Trinité''. Charles Gill was also inspired by the Saguenay capes. The song VIII^e of the collection "Le Cap Éternité followed des Étoiles filantes", entitled "Le Cap Trinité", begins as follows:

Photo gallery

Cap Trinite.png, Lucius O'Brien, ''Sunrise over the Saguenay'', 1880 File:Vue du Cap trinité près de la Statue.jpg, The

and the

Cap Éternité Cap Éternité is a mountain in the municipality of Rivière-Éternité, the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North Am ...

seen from the first level of Cape Trinity near the Statue of Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay File:Statue de Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay 01.jpg, The statue of Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay File:Cap Trinite - riviere Saguenay 1933.jpg , Cap Trinité, around 1933 File:Cap Éternité et cap Trinité.jpg, Cap Éternité in the background, and the three levels of Cap Trinité in the foreground