Beaches, Cliffs and discovering Jacques Cartier

More than a suburb of Saint-Malo
A few kilometres up the coast, north-east from Saint Malo, is Rothéneuf. The village is famous for its sculpted rocks, "rochers sculptés". After the parish priest, abbé Fouré (1839-1910), suffered a stroke at the age of 30, which left him paralyzed on one side, he retreated to a life as a hermit in the cliffs of Rothéneuf. He carved over 300 fascinating, grotesque and bizarre faces und figures into the rock.If you are at Rothéneuf you shouldn't miss a walk along or on the cliffs. For example to the Pointe de Rothéneuf with its picturesque chapel overlooking the sea or to the Pointe de la Varde with a great view on Saint-Malo, the Fort National, the mouth of the river Rance, the city of Dinard and if the weather is clear even as far as Cap Fréhal. Another attractive destination is the island (which is in reality a peninsula) "Ile Besnard". The footpath starts at a campingsite, goes along a kilometre long sandbeach, alongside sand dunes, goes on to the cliffs. Then the path - surrounded by brambles - goes all the way around the island, always at a dizzy height: the multicolored cliffs and the see on the side.
Jacques Cartier

Third Voyage May 23, 1541 - September 1542 Map of Cartier's third voyage, May 23, 1541 to September 1542, showing his route to Stadacona and then back to France Cartier returned to Stadacona in 1541, with the hopes of starting a new colony Copyright/Source On his third voyage (May 23, 1541 - September 1542) François I commissioned Cartier to help start a new colony. To this purpose he left Saint-Malo with five ships and about 1500 people. At Stadacona they built a fortified settlement, which they named Charlesbourg-Royal. As they king expected him to find some precious minerals as well, Cartier was happy, when it seemed as if they had found lots of gold and diamonds. He send two of his ships back to France, filled with what he thought to be gold and diamands. But it turned out to be quartz crystal ("diamonds") and iron pyrites ("gold"). Even nowadays, there is a saying in France, remembering Cartier's error: "Voila un diamant du Canada" (not literally: False like a diamond of Canada)
After his return to France in 1542, he retired in his hometown of Rothéneuf, where he died on the 1st of September 1557. His estate, Limoëlou, in Rothéneuf, was acquired in the year 1975 by David M. Steward from Montreal. Limoëlou was turned into museum.