325 years, precisely July 15, 1674, Frontenac, governor of New France, conceded on behalf of the King of France, a new manor on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. Kamouraska is his name. The small river running through the manor was already known by his name. In the concession is stated that the manor has two leagues above the river called Kamouraska and a league above. According Lafleche, second bishop of Trois-Rivières, Kamouraska word originated as an Algonquian language and means ''where there is grass on the edge of the water,'' the ring is one of the plants that we now generally denominated and without much distinction ''hay sea.'' more... See more text