There is one place in the world that has two exclamation marks (!) in its name. Where is it located?

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is a parish municipality in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality in Quebec, near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup and west of Cabano along the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 185), about halfway to Edmundston in New Brunswick. The Commission de toponymie du Québec asserts that the parish's name refers to nearby Lake Témiscouata, the sense of haha here being an archaic French word for an unexpected obstacle or abruptly ending path, The Louis may refer to Louis Marquis, one of the first colonists of the region, or Louis-Antoine Proulx, vicar of Rivière-du-Loup, or perhaps the abbot Louis-Nicolas Bernier. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

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Matthew Roen

Ian Sishton, where is the second exclamation point placed?

Matthew Roen

Chris Brown, the question specifies 2. Which you verified since your response includes 1 town with only 1 exclamation point, not 2.

Helga U. Williams

Good question. I had never heard of it! 👍😠

Char

Bob Fowler, my thoughts exactly

Char

Never heard of it and I went to Canada many years ago and was not taught in college. So not common knowledge

Chris Brown

Actually, both England and Canada are correct. Only Two Towns in the World Have an Exclamation in Their Name. There are only two towns in the world that have an exclamation mark as part of their formal name. These two towns are Westward Ho! in Britain and Saint-Louis-du-Ha!- Ha! in Canada.