Fragments of an Earlier World

Tête de sauvage à la Pointe

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Tête de sauvage à la Pointe de Rivière-du-Loup

Publisher:

Societé Kent Inc.

MNM#01-01345

Self-taught artist Gérard Santerre was inspired to improve the face-like profile of this rock with a bit of sculpting and paint in 1963. When the paint faded other artists renewed the image and it has become a treasured local landmark on the shore of the St. Lawrence River.

GPS N 47° 51.448', W 69° 33.389'

Other views of this formation:

Fragments of an Earlier World Stone Faces Gazetteer Stone Faces Map