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[HackSlash]

Cool.

 

I've been all over Eastern Canada.  I'm from Newfoundland and live in Quebec.

What specific province(s) are you looking at?

[Mandarijn]

Nothing specific yet, but probably a trip that will include the Niagra Falls and the St. Lawrance river. We'll have to inform us more about the rest (which should happen this weekend). I'll keep you posted.

[Mandarijn]

So we've worked out a general plan for the East now, we're still open for suggestions of course.

 

 

Day 1 - Flight to Toronto (stay the night here)

 

Day 2 - Niagra-on-the-Lake (Niagra Falls)

 

Day 3 - Parry Sound

 

Day 4 - Algonquin Provincial Park

 

Day 5 - Algonquin Provincial Park (kano/excursion, ...)

 

Day 6 - Algonquin Provincial Park (walk/excursion, ...)

 

Day 7 - Ottawa (Byward Market, ...)

 

Day 8 - Montreal (Parc Oméga, Basilique Notre-Dame at Place d’Armes, ...)

 

Day 9 - La Mauricie National Park 

 

Day 10 - La Mauricie National Park (walk/swim/kano?, ...)

 

Day 11 - Domaine du Bostonnais (kano/walk/fish/...)

 

Day 12 - Saguenay (Cap au Leste / fjord / Beluga Interpretation Centre, ...)

 

Day 13 - Tadoussac (whale excursion in small boat/kano, ...)

 

Day 14 - Tadoussac 

(2 nights in Tadoussac or in Saguenay?)

 

Day 15 - Les Escoumins - Essipit / Condo Nakatam (appartement with view on the river)

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Day 16 - Rimouski (boat over St-Lawrence river)

 

Day 17 - Parc de la Gaspésie (walk - Chic-Choc en McGerrigle Mountains, ...)

 

Day 18 - Percé (kolony jan-van-genten, ...)

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Day 19 - Riviere-du-Loup (Parc des Chutes, Parc de la Croix, ...)

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Day 20 - Quebec City

 

Day 21 - Flight back

 

 

We're not sure yet if we want to do the part between the -----------, as this will be a lot of extra km's and we're not sure if the things that we'll see there are worth this... If we don't do this part, then we also don't know yet if we want to go back to Quebec City after Escoumins - Essipit or still will take the boat to Riviere-du-Loup and then go back to Quebec City. We'll also have some more room to spend more time at other places.

[HackSlash]

Sorry, sort of forgot about this.

 

Sounds like a good plan.  Lots to do in Montreal.  I live about 45 minutes outside of the city.

 

Here's the official website: https://www.quebecoriginal.com/en-ca

 

I would STRONGLY suggest learning a little French before you arrive.

Montreal is a fairly bilingual, other areas not so much. 

If you try to speak French first, the Quebecois appreciate it and will generally switch to English or get someone who speaks it.  

Sometimes, they can be down right rude if you speak to them in English first.

 

Gas is expensive as hell.  Try not to fill up on the weekends, every Friday the gas prices increase by $0.05 to $0.10 a liter.  Yesterday it was $1.08 a liter.

 

If you were coming in August the International Balloon Festival is here in Saint Jean-sur-Richelieu. https://www.ballooncanada.com/

 

That's pretty sweet.  I watch it from my back deck.

[linpingping1314520]

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