It’s in 1969 that begin the Fish Festival by a simple fishing tournement on the Lac des Quinze, organised by the Club des Lions of the village. Fish caught during the day in the open air were prepared using a ‘’secret’’ recipe by Aurèle Marcotte.
Over the years, the festival grew in size. Several different committees took place to organize it. It takes several weeks of fishing with several fishermen to have enough fish to serve on this holiday, since at the time, they prepared their catch for serving on this weekend.
1972
The Comité Sports et Loisirs takes over and adopts a charter in 1972.
With the success of the festival, this allows the committee to give back money to the community. In 1985, for example, the committee built the indoor ice rink in the school yard. This committee organizes several activities throughout the year including the Fish Festival volunteer party, volleyball omnium, hot air balloons, the soft ball league that brought together many people, Santa’s Holiday and also New Year’s Day.
Dissolution
Unfortunately, this committee was dissolved in 2020.
Hopefully the new generation will be able to start a similar committee to make the Fish Festival, which was a must for the parish for more than fifty years, reign.