Nestled in the idyllic and quaint Eastern Township on the border of the Memphemagog Lake, the Fromagerie de L’Abbaye Saint-Benoît is the only cheese dairy in North America that is run by Benedictine monks. The first cheese created at the Abbey in 1943 was the famed blue Ermite cheese. Since 2000, their Bleu Bénédictin has garnered several awards, including the Grand Prix des Fromages Canadiens (in 2002 and again in 2006) in the blue category and the Grand Champion in all categories (in 2000).
