Canoeists will be thoroughly inspired by their encounter with the Charlevoix’s great outdoors. Canoe trips down Rivière du Gouffre and Rivière Malbaie treat visitors to breathtaking scenery. Climb aboard a big rabaska canoe here in Menaud country, or paddle your way up Rivière Malbaie and back in time, in Les Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park. By canoe, come discover Québec’s tallest rocky cliffs, surprising glacial formations and terrain presenting impressive vertical. Or why not paddle down Rivière Noire, in Saint-Siméon - yet another way of exploring landscapes fashioned by the last Ice Age?

The Charlevoix is a place of stunning heights, where the immensity of the landscape takes on new dimensions from a canoe. Canoe or canoe camping excursions offer the very best the Charlevoix has to offer. Paired with a peaceful stay in one of the region’s various national parks, it is an invitation for visitors to experience some of Québec’s most enchanting wilderness locations. Whether solo, as a family or among friends, paddling the Charlevoix is a must-do ecotourism adventure.

The Charlevoix territory is also dotted with lakes that offer the pleasure and leisure of a canoe and/or canoe camping trip too. Many outfitters and ZECS with onsite canoe rentals are very popular among avid paddlers.