Couple of weeks ago my wife and I together with Vera and Christian my brother and sister in-law from Romania went to visit northern Quebec, Saguenay region. I was pleasantly taken a back because I did not expect to find such a gorgeous country. Rolling hills, winding mountain roads, pristine lakes. We spent couple of days in a tiny village of Sainte Rose du Nord, population 495. It is situated right on lake Saint-Jean, amidst countless fjords. If you ever decide to venture in this part of Canada, make sure you visit this picturesque village, you will not regret it. I managed to squeeze couple of plein air paintings, it was a pleasure to paint out there while breathing fresh fjord air and sipping a chilled Chardonnay.
On top of the fjord right above the village.
A statue of the Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of the Saguenay, is perched 177 meters (590 feet) above the dark waters on the first ledge of the cape. The statue, created in 1881, is over 26 feet tall, carved from three blocks of pine and covered in lead. The 3,400-kilo (7,000-pound) statue turned out to be too heavy to bring up the cliff. It had to be separated into pieces, carried up individually, and then reassembled.
This is the view just above the village facing the fjords. I did not change much from what I could actually see. Amazing!
