The Iles du Lac Saint-Jean

The planter is on an island to spend one or more nights, but you don't feel like it? The property is located in the Pointe-Taillon National Park.

“When I looked at myself, I wasn't afraid, but Lake Saint-Jean has changed,” he said before the opening moments of the documentary Le Combat d'Onésime Tremblay. The film is about the tragedy of the breeder, who, like other hundreds of thousands, was seen on earth in 1926. The construction of a dam on the banks of the Saguenay River resulted in the water being raised to levels considerable. Cela conférait au Piekouagami (“lac plat”, en langue innue) the statute of the storage container intended for the production of electricity.

Perhaps traces of this brazen episode of our time remained. Some of the islands in the Saint-Gédéon area and the surrounding area refer to the name of the families who live in the Mint: Girard, Potvin, Caron… They come from a kind of remnants of the exhaustion of the Eaux du Lac Saint-Jean that I was told Mathis Tadros, tour guide for the company Equinox Aventure. “I imagine the adventures are even better than they have yet to come, between two kayak trips.” Preuve: The depth of the lake in the section is no more than 10 to 15 minutes. »

We were just beginning to send the ships toward one of these areas: Connelly Island. Six campsites with toilets, bedside tables and fire extinguishers were added in September 2022. I chose Beemer Island and Little Verte Island. The premiere took place in the north of the Camp-de-Touage-Les-Îles sector, opening in 2021, and the second took place in the extreme south. After making your own embarkation, go on an excursion to the Equinox Aventure or contact the Tax Ship Ship Night service to rejoin.

Unravel

From the beach of Auberge des Îles you can find the center of nautical activities of Équinox Aventure, located 1 km away and just a few minutes away. Before touching the earth on the beautiful sable of Connelly Island, my cicérone insists that I complete the stages of Rio Tinto's evacuation attempt 7. These collections of bouées serve to prevent danger and must not be put in danger. “The current is powerful nearby.” “The woman is unable to approach her,” said Mathis Tadros.

On Connelly Island, as we launched our kayaks on the mountains, we met a courtier on guard weaving through the dense forest. When I arrived at the campsite, I had to accompany my guide and the entrepreneurs to bivouac. And quite simply, until I finish: a powerful soufflé escaping from the large crowd, I have to immediately stick it into the steppes to reach my fins. The night of the summer took a long time to set off and I returned while I had the temporary worker abseiling before the first lesson until the lake, in front of a reservoir, was really a real hidden gem.

Name change on the horizon

The Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon takes its name from it. Many other sectors have been surveyed in recent years. To dispel the confusion, the song was sung to re-baptize this Aire protégé. “The milieu is unanimous: a change must be made, as the director of the national park, François Guillot, has asked on Radio-Canada's radio stations since his debut in 2023, celle des basses terres du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. » A companion to the new appellation – Parc national du Lac-Saint-Jean? –, Mefiz-vous of the geolocation of Google Maps…

En bref

An improviser isolated in Lac Saint-Jean.

Attract majeur

The lake is more than a house, it is truly more than its interior.

Coup de coeur

The Equinox Aventure tour guide service.

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