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Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Natashquan is a village in the region of Minganie, in the North Shore region of eastern Quebec, also an Innu Indian reserve on the Route des Baleines and the Route Nature aux mille délices (gourmet route).
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Bureau touristique
This tourist office provides information on the region: accommodation, restaurants, attractions, activities, things to see, to do and to discover. This center is operated by the Heritage, Cultural and Tourism Development Corporation of Natashquan.
Centre d'interprétation Le Bord du Cap
Reconstruction of the Natashquan general store, souvenir shop.
Museum whose exterior is in red shingles.
Maisons Vigneault
Heritage and family site of Gilles Vigneault, internationally renowned singer-songwriter. This building turns out to be the birthplace of Gilles Vigneault.
La vieille école (musée)
Local history museum. This building, built in 1913, was moved from Chemin d'en Haut to its current site, near a wooded area. In 2006, the people of the village devoted more than 2000 volunteer hours to restore this old school where great historical figures studied there: Gilles Vigneault, as well as Landry, Bourgeois, Lapierre, Cormier, Carbonneau and Hounsell . Today, this museum houses an exhibition evoking the work of Gilles Vigneault. This museum translates the soul of the village through stories of fishing, hunting, trapping, relations between natives and non-natives, songs, music... The Vieille École won the "Gala reconnaissance " in the "Tourist Attraction" category in 2008; in addition, the "Grand Prix du tourisme québécois" was awarded to him in 2009.
Les galets de Natashquan
Historical reconstruction site.
Quai de Natashquan
Magnificent place to observe the loading/unloading activities of the cargo-passenger vessel Le Bella Desgagnés which shuttles from one village to another on the Lower North Shore. During this stop, passengers can come and walk in Natashquan, according to the ship's schedule.
Festival des Macacains
Festival de la Mi-Carême
A traditional French carnival celebration.
Festival de l'Innucadie
The Innucadie Storytelling and Legend Festival is the meeting place for artists of the living word: storytellers, poets, singers and writers. Innucadie is an imaginary place endowed with beaches, taiga, seas and rivers where tents, tepees and shaputuans come alive. This Festival is a mixture of regional cultures: Innu, French and English.
Pourvoirie Hipou
Salmon fishing site on the Natashquan River.
La promenade des Anciens
Wooden boardwalk by the sea. Departure from the tourist office, to end in the area of small houses known as pebbles. This pedestrian walk allows you to appreciate all the life on the sea (boats, marine mammals, birds, waves, clouds...) and on the shore. The Galets trail is 1.4 km along the edge of the bay.
Les Galets
Formerly, on this site, fishermen salted and stored cod. Each building on the site has its own story told by the elders. Site classified as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture.
Sentier le Pas du Portageur
Distance: 12.2 km. From Route 138 (near the bay), this trail makes a large loop up the west bank of the Little Natashquan River, then branches off to return southwest to Route 138; then more or less runs along route 138 to return to its point of origin.
Bistro.
Restaurant.
Craft brewery. Meals on site.
Offer of eight personalized rooms, with private or shared bathroom. Reading room. Magnificent view of the water. A cottage is for rent.
Suburban hotel.
Tourist lodge.
Summer period: early June to mid-October. Tourist lodging with view on the Pebbles. Offer of two bedrooms on the second floor.
Bed and breakfast offering three bedrooms.
Open year-round. Bed and breakfast overlooking the river. Offer of two bedrooms.
Gîte et chalets Chez Paulette Landry
Gîte (at home) open year-round. Cabins are available from May to October. Bed and breakfast (at home) with lunch included.
Camping municipal
Campground with 38 campsites: sector with services and dunes sector.
Camping at the farm.
Supermarket.
Épicerie Nutashkuan
Grocery.
Convenience store offering: lottery, beers, wine, gasoline....
Art Gallery.
By snowmobile
The municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is also accessible in winter by snowmobile via the route Blanche from Natashquan.
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ItinerariesThe route Blanche (English: White Road) is a snowmobile trail in the Basse-Côte-Nord region (Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent), in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, Quebec.
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ItinerariesThe Route des Baleines (English: Whale Route) follows the northern coast of the estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the North Shore region of Quebec, spanning over 1,250 km (780 mi) between Tadoussac and…
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The route Nature aux mille délices ("nature with a thousand delights") is a tourist route in Quebec, designated as a "gourmet route". Its purpose is to highlight the agritourism products of the North Shore.
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