“Our elders told us scary stories.”
![Trou de la Bonne-Femme-Café [English]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_trou_bonne_femme_cafe_02/st_elzear_trou_bonne_femme_cafe_02-28192978.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
![Clocher du Curé [English]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_grotte_01_clocher_cure/st_elzear_grotte_01_clocher_cure-3914992424.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
The older generation reported seeing “steam rise from the site” in the winter.
![Butte d’Érables [Maple Hill]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_godefroi_butte_erables/st_godefroi_butte_erables-2863653031.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
“There were two Buttes d’Érables in Saint-Elzéar… It depends who you talk to!”
![Trou à Hector [English]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_trou_hector_ressurgence/st_elzear_trou_hector_ressurgence-1973141739.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
A sinking stream
![Néross [English]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_nezross_03/st_elzear_nezross_03-3688831528.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
“You had to be in shape to get there”
![Lac à Menouche [English]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_lac_a_menouche_01/st_elzear_lac_a_menouche_01-688595445.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
“My parents never really worried… Not like today’s parents.”
![Lac à Vase [Silt Lake]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_lac_a_vase_01/st_elzear_lac_a_vase_01-2566668332.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
They were unbuttoned guys!
![Côte à Hector (or à Jos) [English]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_cote_a_hector_01/st_elzear_cote_a_hector_01-3819352973.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
“This village was built after a fire.”
![Pont des Anglais [English Road]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_pont_des_anglais/st_elzear_pont_des_anglais-905660401.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
The guides, whether French-speaking or English-speaking, spoke first and foremost the language of the waters
![Croche à Jérôme [English]](https://topoesie.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/images/fixe/st_elzear_croche_jerome-1/st_elzear_croche_jerome-1-3285945911.jpg)
Saint-Elzéar
An unlikely self-sufficient existence