Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Quebec

Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam də la salɛt]) is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.

It is part of the Papineau Regional County Municipality, straddling the eastern banks of the Lièvre River.

[1] During the early morning hours of April 26, 1908, a deadly landslide killed at least 34 people while sending 15 homes into the Lievre River including the residence of then-mayor Camille Lapointe.

As the river was blocked by mud and land, a wave was sent into the village damaging or destroying several other structures.

The toll could have been larger as a few years before the event the closure of a mine forced over 200 families to leave the village.

Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette and the Lièvre River.