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EVER HEARD OF SAGUENAY?

I asked Google AI, what percent of the world public is familiar with the city of Saguenay, Canada.  The answer was significantly less than 1%.  I never before even heard of it.  So  yesterday, I toured this city of 170,000 or so, and will do what I can to entertain and educate you.  In a way, my feelings were similar to some of the less exciting cities we visited on the American Melody from Memphis to New Orleans, our previous cruise on this two-month journey.  But there was something special about Saguenay.  Maybe, especially that great ice fishing story at the end. Is in the region of Quebec, Canada. On the Saguenay River, 120 miles north of Quebec City by overland route. Formed in 2002 by merging the cities of Chicoutimi and Jonquiere, and town of La Baie. Population of 152,000, with 5.4% indigenous peoples. The broader administrative region covers a total area of over 41,313 square miles, about the size of South Korea, which has a population of mor...