Cap Éternité is a mountain in the municipality of
Rivière-Éternité, the
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (, ''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality.
It is named for the ...
, in the administrative region of
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. It overlooks, to the southwest,
Éternité Bay while to the west is Cap Trinité. Reaching an altitude of , it is part of
Saguenay Fjord National Park.
The name of the cape was made official on December 5, 1968. To the west of the bay, the
Éternité River gave its name to the municipality of
Rivière-Éternité.
Its impressive rock mass and steep cliffs make it a major tourist attraction site in the Saguenay Fjord National Park. Cape Eternity inspired painters, poets and writers, including
Charles Gill (1871–1918) and
William Chapman (1850–1917).
Cap Éternité, Commission de toponymie du Québec
William Chapman in 1916:
Notes and references
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Landforms of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality