Quebec Grand Guide

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Discover a selection of nearly 200 must-see places to visit in Québec.

Mauricie is a region of a thousand lakes, dominated by Mauricie National Park, a true jewel of the Canadian Shield reachable in under two hours from Montreal or Quebec City. Canoe camping, hiking and fishing are highlights in a setting of boreal forests and crystal rivers. Trois-Rivières, founded in 1634, is one of North America's oldest cities and offers a lively historic downtown. The region is also known for its fishing lodges, sugar shacks and summer festivals.

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National Park / Nature

Mauricie National Park

Crossed by a horseshoe-shaped scenic road linking its two entrances over nearly 64 km, this Canadian Shield park offers crystal-clear lakes, spectacular lookouts, and one of central Québec's most renowned trail networks.

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Themed Routes & Circuits

Village du Bûcheron

A living replica of an early-20th-century Québec logging camp, this site of more than 25 log buildings brings to life, with musician guides and storytellers, the lifestyle of the forestry workers who shaped the Mauricie economy.

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Cruises & Marine Wildlife Watching

La Cité de l'énergie

A museum complex unique in Canada, built on the site of former power stations and aluminum plants, this site combines a 115-metre observation tower, a multimedia show, and a guided tour of historic hydroelectric power stations, some still partly operational.

Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site

The birthplace of Canadian steelmaking, founded in 1730, this national site preserves the archaeological remains of North America's first blast furnaces, where iron and cast iron were produced from ore mined in the surrounding marshes.

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History & Heritage

Old Trois-Rivières

Canada's second-oldest city, founded in 1634, Trois-Rivières' historic district combines a riverside promenade along the St. Lawrence, a Neo-Gothic cathedral with Florentine stained glass, and a 19th-century former prison turned interactive museum.

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Musée Pop (Québec Museum of Popular Culture)

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History & Heritage

Musée Pop (Québec Museum of Popular Culture)

Housed in a museum complex including the adjacent Old Prison, Musée Pop explores Québec's social and cultural history through a thoroughly contemporary lens, blending folk art, mass culture, and ever-renewed themed exhibitions.

Our Lady of the Cape Shrine

The second most important Marian shrine in North America after Our Lady of Guadalupe, this pilgrimage site welcomes more than 500,000 visitors annually around a 1717 votive chapel and a futuristic-looking modern basilica.

Boréalis — Paper Industry History Centre

Housed in a former Canadian International Paper water filtration plant, this interpretation centre traces the golden age of the paper industry that long earned Trois-Rivières the title of world newsprint capital.

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Discovery & Culture

Pointe-du-Lac Seigneurial Mill

Built in 1721 by seigneur René Godefroy de Tonnancour, this flour mill bears witness to the seigneurial system that structured economic and social life in New France, where every tenant had to mill their grain at the local communal mill.

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