Marsoui

Marsoui lies at the mouth of a river on the mountainous north shore of the Gaspé Peninsula. Its name is thought to come from a Mi'kmaq word for flint, a stone found in the region. At the end of the seventeenth century the river mouth was among the fishing places used by cod fishermen working for the seigneur Denis Riverin. The river descends from the forested interior to meet the broad waters of the St. Lawrence estuary.