Les Éboulements

Understand

Les Éboulements is a distinctive holiday destination thanks to:

its recreational tourism activities (hiking; bicycles; kayaks; museum visits; summer camps; dog sled excursions); its reception infrastructure (resorts; accommodation in hotels; inns or lodges; agritourism; catering); its Grande-Côte (route du Port) which made the reputation of the village of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive by offering an exceptional panorama and nostalgic memories of the accidents that occurred on this once dangerous road; its location on the passage leading to Île aux Coudres. Note: the excursion on the river to Île aux Coudres via the ferry allows you to contemplate the relief of the coast and the mountains of Charlevoix; the route du Fleuve (route 362 connecting La Malbaie to Baie-Saint-Paul) which runs along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Note: Many tourists take the Route du Fleuve (because of its maritime; rural and ancestral character) instead of Route 138 (main road) which passes further inland via Saint-Hilarion and Clermont; the location of Mont des Éboulements as the point of impact of the Charlevoix astrobleme; Thus, the locality Les Éboulements offers magnificent landscapes of mountains, farms, forests and the river, in the heart of the gigantic crater. The municipality Les Éboulements is part of the Association of the most beautiful villages of Quebec.

Espace Baie-Saint-Paul (application mobile) (Espace Baie-Saint-Paul (mobile application)), Youtube. Espace Baie-Saint-Paul is a YouTube mobile application to discover downtown Baie-Saint-Paul and the surrounding villages: Les Éboulements, Isle-aux-Coudres, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Saint-Hilarion and Saint-Urbain (Quebec). This is the largest interactive exhibition on the history and heritage of this area. Discover the region at your own pace by choosing the desired themes. Free. (updated Jan 2022)

History Almost 400 million years ago, the fall of a meteorite significantly modified the relief of Charlevoix, c

Getting there

By car From Tadoussac (103 km (64 mi), 1 hr 45 min), take the Tadoussac-Baie Sainte-Catherine ferry; take route 138 (westbound) to the village of La Malbaie; after the bridge spanning the Malbaie river, take route 362 to the village of Les Éboulements. From Quebec City (110 km (68 mi), 1 hr 19 min), take route 138 eastbound to the village of Baie-Saint-Paul; take route 362 along the Saint-Laurent river to the village of Les Éboulements.

By boat A ferry links Île aux Coudres to Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive. The river station is located at:

1 Gare fluviale de Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive river station), 750, chemin du Quai, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, ☏ +1 877-787-7483. The distance between the shores of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive and Île aux Coudres is 2.9 km (1.8 mi); however, because of the location of the Saint-Bernard-sur-Mer wharf (Île aux Coudres), the ferry makes a trip of 3.9 km (2.4 mi). The Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive ferry dock is located at the end of a peninsula. (updated Dec 2021)

By plane Les Éboulements is accessible by the airport managed by the MRC de Charlevoix-Est.

2 Aéroport de Saint-Irénée (Saint-Irénée Airport), 400, rang Sainte-Madeleine, Saint-Irénée, ☏ +1 418-452-3417, [email protected]. Regional airport. (updated Dec 2021)

See

Museums 1 Musée maritime de Charlevoix (Charlevoix Maritime Museum), 305, rue de l'Église (Located in the heart of the village of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive.), ☏ +1 418-635-1131, [email protected]. The museum presents various types of exhibition: permanent, virtual, temporary and multimedia. This museum was set up in 1973, that is to say following the closure of the company "Les Chantiers maritimes de Charlevoix", a company dedicated to the wintering and maintenance of schooners since 1946. The Development of the site began in 1985 with the mission of making it an interpretive center focused on wooden schooners and the maritime heritage of Charlevoix. The remains of three schooners on this site are used for education. In 2008, the Museum received as a donation a forest of 40 hectares; since 2016, a magnificent 4 km trail crosses this forest. In 1998, the Musée maritime de Charlevoix site received historic site status from the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. (updated Dec 2021) 2 Le Moulin Seigneurial de Les Éboulements (The Seigneurial Mill of Les Éboulements), 2040, route du Fleuve, ☏ +1 418-635-2239. Museum. Mill administered by L'Héritage canadienne du Québec, which is a national non-profit, non-governmental organization that has served Quebec's heritage for six decades. (updated Jan 2022) 3 La Forge historique (The historic Forge), 2213, route du Fleuve (Located in the heart of the village.), ☏ +1 418-635-1651. (updated Jan 2022) 4 Maison Joseph-Arthur (Joseph-Arthur House), 146, route 362 (no. 156), Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, QC, G0A 3Y0, ☏ +1 418-635-2239. (updated Dec 2021)

Stops and observation points 5 Point de vue sur le fleuve (Viewpoint on the river), 130, rang des Éboulements Centre (no. 60), ☏ +1 418-635-2239. Magnificent view of the river, the Ile aux Coudres and the Charlevoix countryside. (updated Dec 2021) 6 Halte routière du rang Saint-Joseph (Roadside rest area on rang Saint-Joseph), 88, rang Saint-Joseph (Located near the int

Do

1 Ski de fond et raquettes aux Vallons des Éboulements (Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the Vallons des Éboulements), 2587, route du Fleuve (1 km from the intersection of Route du Fleuve and Rang Sainte-Catherine; the start of the snowshoe trails is 3 km from the Route du Fleuve; in Rang Sainte-Catherine). 14-km cross-country ski course, with four tracks, in the heart of the meteorite crater of Charlevoix. Narrow paths in a wooded area in the valleys of Les Éboulements and along the Rivière du Seigneur. The network of snowshoe trails covers 22 km through nine separate mountain trails (including four peaks overlooking the maritime and rural landscape), through fields and forests. Les Vallons des Éboulements is a for-profit organization. (updated Dec 2021) 2 Sentier Le Paysan (The Peasant Trail), 2587, route du Fleuve (starting point: parking lot at Ferme Éboulmontaise.), ☏ +1 418-489-2988 (municipality). Footpath leading to the high plateaus of Les Éboulements. Route crossing cultivated fields at the start, then the entirely wooded environment. Total elevation: 220 m. Length: 4.5 km. (updated Dec 2021) 3 Sentier Louis-Charles-Audet (Louis-Charles-Audet Trail), rang Saint-Godefroy (route du Fleuve), ☏ +1 418-489-2988 (municipalityé). 3.1-km-long trail crossing alternating agricultural and forest areas. Vertical drop of 258 m. Belvedere with a bucolic view of the region. (updated Dec 2021) 4 Sentier de la Forêt marine-La Seigneurie (Marine Forest Trail-La Seigneurie), 305, rue de l'Église, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive (parking at the Maritime Museum, for the Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive sector; or parking at the entrance to the Domaine de la Seigneurie, for the Éboulemen