Rising above an attractive forest setting, the tower (18m/59ft) overlooks the town and surrounding area, which has been nicknamed the "country of one hundred thousand lakes" (le pays aux cent mille lacs).

Merged with Val-d'Or in 1965, this mining village was named after François-Charles de Bourlamaque, an aide of French General Montcalm. The village, which was declared a historic district in 1979, was administered exclusively by the Lamaque Mine, one ..