Baie des Ha! Ha! (Côte-Nord)

The Baie des Ha! Ha! is located on the north side of the village of La Tabatière and Baie-Rouge.

The entrance to the Baie des Ha! Ha! is bordered by the Red, Saint-Esprit, Ronde, Fecteau (largest) and Robertson Islets. Inside the bay, the main islands are: Jacobs and Woody. The Baie des Ha! Ha! is interconnected in its periphery with secondary and point bays (clockwise from the mouth of the bay): Fish Harbor, Pointe Seal, Terre Bay, Cap High, Anse Bastien, Anse Guillemette, Pointe du Sorcier, Pointe de la Rivière, Veco river, Baie Shoal, Baie Betty and Pointe Juniper (northeast shore).[2]

The "Baie des Ha! Ha!" is mainly supplied by the Veco River which drains the waters of Robertson Lake, Charles Lake and Blais Lake.[2] The place called "Half Way Cabin" is located at the bottom of a bay facing Woody Island.

The term Ha! Ha! Does not come under the trivial onomatopoeia, but probably from an alteration of a Montagnais toponym almost unpronounceable in French which means in Algonquin place where bark is exchanged. Other linguists think of a possible derivation of the term French haha meaning "unexpected obstacle on a path".[3]

The "Baie des Ha! Ha!" gave its name to the village of Baie-des-Ha! Ha! Which is now part of the municipality of Gros-Mécatina.[4]

The term "Baie des Ha! Ha!" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[5]