Saint-Élie-de-Caxton

Saint-Élie-de-Caxton is a parish municipality of the Maskinongé Regional county municipality (MRC de Maskinongé), in Moyenne-Mauricie.

This locality is experiencing a growing resort. Besides the village, the locality has two hamlets: Domaine Saint-Paulin (north of the village) and Domaine-Ouellet (east of the village).

Quebec storyteller Fred Pellerin, a native of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, is renowned for his humorous and poetic stories. His artistic performances take place entirely in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton and its surroundings. The performances of this Quebec artist are publicized and thus grant international notoriety to this picturesque village.

The municipality's website indicates in 2021 that Saint-Élie is a land of nature and culture. A visit to the "Garage de la culture" is a must.

History
The suffix Caxton refers to the cadastral township proclaimed in 1839. Caxton is a village in England near Cambridge.

The municipality of Saint-Élie dates It was formed from three unorganized territories in 1865. In 2005, the municipality of Saint-Élie became Saint-Élie-de-Caxton. In 2015, Saint-Élie-de-Caxton celebrated its 150-year history.

Geography
The village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton is located in a small valley between the surrounding mountains, in particular the mountain of Calvaire (to the north-east of the village), a second to the east (summit at 216 m) and a third to the south-west (summit at 284 m). The locality is rather wooded, except the area near the village.

The main body of water is Lac à l'Eau Claire (except the northern part of the lake) which is famous for vacationing and nautical activities. The other main bodies of water are: lac des Souris, Grand lac Long, lac à la Perchaude and lac Patterson. The main rivers are: Rivière à l'Eau Claire, Rivière du Roi and the Yamachiche river. The Paterson Lake cove crosses the southern part of the village, skirting the foot of the mountain towards the east (altitude: ). The rivière du Loup passes south of the village center.

The vacationer is densified around Lac Plaisant, Lac du Barrage, Petit lac Long and Grand lac Long.

Economy
The main economic activities are forestry, as well as several recreational tourism activities (vacationing, camping, hiking trails, observation of flora and fauna, mountain biking, snowmobiles, cycling, hunting and fishing, and arts activities via the "Garage de la culture").

Between 1991 and 2016, the population of Sainte-Élie-de-Caxton grew from 1,400 to 1,800 people.

Get in
The village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton is accessible by road, snowmobile and all-terrain vehicles.

By car

 * From Montreal (, 1 hr 40 min). Take highway 40 (north shore) eastbound up to Yamachiche; take highway 153 (northbound) through the village of Saint-Barnabé-Nord, to the hamlet Bournival; take route 351 (northbound) to the village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.
 * From Quebec (city) (, 1 hr 52 min). Take highway 40 (direction West); cross the city of Trois-Rivières; take Autoroute 55 (northbound) to Saint-Étienne-des-Grès; take Chemin des Dalles (westbound); take the 2nd row (northbound), to the village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.