Alma is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the mer…Alma is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial centre during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill and an aluminum smelting plant, all of which are still in activity today.
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