Region of Huberdeau

This village on the banks of the Red River was named after the Reverend Father Gideon M. Huberdeau. Its main attraction is the famous Stations of the Cross, which was first erected 1892. The original Calvary was just wooden crosses, but in 1910, the Montfort Fathers from Vaucouleurs, France, replaced them with seven-foot high statues. The Huberdeau Calvary now consists of 27 statues (2m and 315kg each), the crosses of Christ and of the thieves (9m each). There is also the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. This place of pilgrimage overlooks a magnificent view over the surrounding valleys.

Huberdeau also recalls the memory of Father Gideon-Ubalde Huberdeau (1823-1887), former pastor of Albany, New York, who bequeathed to the Abbot Rousselot, the parish priest of Saint-Jacques of Montreal, the sum of 10,000 dollars to build an orphanage in the canton of Arundel. The name of this institution is often mentioned in the history of the Duplessis orphans.

Stop to watch white water canoeing and kayaking enthusiasts from a lookout on the shores of the magnificent Red River. The village is also bisected by the Aerobic Corridor linear parkway from which you can access a wonderful network of over 70 km cross-country ski trails in winter.