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Rivière-du-Loup (pop. 21000) is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality.

It is a traditional stopping point between Quebec City, the Maritimes and the Gaspé Peninsula. The Trans-Canada Highway turns south here and continues to Edmundston, New Brunswick. There is a ferry which crosses the river to Saint-Siméon, Quebec on the north shore. There is also an airport (IATA airport code YRI).

The city was named after the nearby river, whose name means Wolf's River in French. This name may have come from a native tribe known as "Les Loups" or from the many seals, known in French as loup-marin (sea wolves), once found at the river's mouth. From 1850 to 1919, the city was known as Fraserville.

The city is known for its spectacular sunsets.
You will find out that Riviere-du-Loup and the region of Bas-Saint-Laurent are great places to visit. The cultural attractions are diversified and always moving and so is the economy. The city has great opportunities for investors and workers of all kinds. All of these aspects evolve in a wonderful natural environment where parks, patrimonial buildings, falls and the river meet in one astonishing landscape.

Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, had a summer home in Rivière-du-Loup.

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