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City in the province of Québec, Canada
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Saguenay is a city of 145,000 (2021) in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Québec.
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Theatrical performance recounting the history of the region (as "the Saguenay Kingdom") from native settlement to colonial and pioneer times onward. Presented annually in French for 26 years, an abridged English-language version is now offered in the fall.
A regional museum and cultural centre. La Pulperie is an historical site in the middle of the city, surrounded by a huge park, and lodged within an old mill.
Museum and aquarium in La Baie, east of Chicoutimi, in one of the areas hardest-hit by flooding in 1996.
First all-aluminium arch bridge in North America, built 1950 by Alcan and Dominion Bridge Company to span the Saguenay River at Arvida and listed on the provincial historic register in 2004. Arvida, named for industrialist Arthur Vining Davis, was a planned community built around an aluminium factory which took advantage of plentiful hydroelectric power. Shipshaw was the second of two generating stations in-region. Both are now part of Jonquière (Saguenay).
21-metre-tall aluminium pyramid covered in 3000 reflective "yield" signs, with (seasonal) live performance stage, stairs and observation deck, in riverside park. A memorial to the 1996 flood which destroyed 250 buildings and displaced 3000 people, tours available in high season from Musée du Fjord.
Village near Shipshaw, abandoned after thirty-eight houses were destroyed in a landslide on May 4, 1971. A stone memorial marker, a crater and some damaged road are all that remain.
"Marjolaine II" cruises, charter and shuttle on Saguenay river, depart from La Baie (east of Chicoutimi).
The Jonquière Marquis play at Palais des Sports.
Steakhouse, seafood and pub.
Pizzeria in Place Centre-Ville mall.
Pizza, BBQ, family restaurant.
Vietnam and fusion cuisine.
Asian buffet.
French.
Sports bar and restaurant. Steak, seafood, sandwiches.
Cinema, music and live performance venue.
Microbrewery with eight local beers; a "sampling tower" offers a four-ounce taste of multiple beers on one tray. Brewery tours available for groups. Bistro with patio, live music on summer weekends.
Microbrewery with locations in Chicoutimi, Jonquière and Québec City.
On Rivière aux Sables south of Jonquière. Cycle path, heated outdoor pool, tennis court, restaurant, bistro, 67-room inn with seven meeting rooms.
Downtown main street hotel overlooking Saguenay fjord, 85 rooms, three restaurants, boutique in lobby with souvenirs and regional art.
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Various cruise ships include the Saguenay River as one stop on a longer tour.
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