Saint Éloigné des voies ferrées

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Saint Éloigné des voies ferrées is a fictional French-Canadian saint. It actually refers to a place. The expression translates to “Saint Far-from-the-railroad-tracks”. It is a French Canadian equivalent of the English in the middle of nowhere. In the French province of Quebec in Canada, due to the strong influence of the Roman Catholic Church in the past, a great number of small towns were named after saints, hence Saint Éloigné des voies ferrées simply stands for an isolated place.