Saint-Jean-Port-Joli is a village along the St. Lawrence River famous for its manufacturing of small wooden statues that portray in realistic fashion the farmers and other daily figures of Quebec. These objects are sold throughout the province of Quebec’s craft shops. The largest concentration of the province’s craftsmen and wood sculptors live in the communities in this region along the route to the Gaspé Peninsula. Visitors can check out the galleries and studios of these skilled workers as well as a wood-sculpting museum in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.[1]
References:
Simpkins, Mary Ann. Canada. New York: Prentice Hall Travel, 1994. ISBN: 0671882783.
[1] Simpkins, 144
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