Mont-Albert topographic map

Name: Mont-Albert topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, G4V 2E4, Canada (48.56714 -66.64641 49.16333 -65.29420)

Average elevation: 1,401 ft

Minimum elevation: -7 ft

Maximum elevation: 4,134 ft

The ghost town of Saint-Octave-de-l'Avenir is about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-southeast of Cap-Chat, at an altitude of 380 metres (1,250 ft). It was formed in 1932 as part of the Vautrin Settlement Plan to encourage colonization of Gaspésie's interior and intended to bring relief during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The settlement was named after founding priest Louis-Octave Caron (1879–1942) and a hopeful outlook of the future (avenir is French for "future"). It grew to 1200 residents in 1937 but then declined until it was abandoned in 1971. Only summer camps remain.

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