Case file · Folklore / legend
The Devil's Field at Rigaud
Below the Lourdes shrine founded on Rigaud Mountain in 1874 lies a field of rounded boulders, the Champ du Diable; legend says a farmer who worked on Sunday saw his potatoes turned to stone.
1874 CE · 45.47, -74.32 · status: legend
The account
Geologists explain the field as a beach deposit left by the Champlain Sea after the last ice age.