Introducing Mauricie
Mauricie is one of Québec’s less-known regions, despite being in a strategic spot halfway between Montréal and Québec City. Stretching 300km from Trois-Rivières north to Lac St Jean, it follows the flow of the mighty St Maurice River, which for centuries has been the backbone of the area’s industrial heritage. Logs were being driven down the river to the pulp and paper mills until as late as 1996. Centuries earlier, the region had given birth to the country’s iron industry; the original forge is now a national historic site. Industry still dominates the lower region, but things get considerably more scenic after the river reaches La Mauricie National Park.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: Toronto vs. Quebec City
by tofino_surfer 29 June 2011
Given various considerations such as distance, size of cities, and proximity of wilderness and your time limit of three days it is much…
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Re: Toronto and beyond - any suggestions?
by tofino_surfer 27 June 2011
You mentioned that you want to get into the wilderness. Late September/ first week of October is when the fall color season peaks in Norther…
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Re: Quebec-Parc du Mauricie or Charlevoix area?
by Redson111 01 July 2010
think of Charlevoix and, may be, the Saguenay as the up north general meaning and that could be done in 5-6 days, like 1 nights in Mtl,…
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