This farming community, 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Montebello, is often visited by cottage vacationers for hunting and fishing in the numerous lakes of the area.

[5] Suffolk Township (named after the county in England) was already on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795, but not officially established until 1874.

[1] This county consisted of Vinoy, Namur, Saint-Émile, Lac-des-Plages and part of Vendée.

This name paid tribute to Émile Quesnel of Saint-Andre-Avellin, who had been particularly generous toward the early settlers of the area.

[1] List of former mayors: Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools: Media related to Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk at Wikimedia Commons