Maskinongé
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About Maskinongé
Maskinongé Regional County Municipality (MRC de Maskinongé) is a region west of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River in Mauricie. Louiseville is the region's largest town.
Maskinongé travel guide
Getting there
Autoroutes A-40, and highways Route 132 and Route 153. The Express Bleu bus leaves from Trois-Rivières for Louiseville.
Getting around
Les navettes Express are the Maskinongé MRC's collective transport service, with three bus routes. Two of them link the Maskinongé MRC with Trois-Rivières and one links Saint-Alexis-des-Monts to Louiseville.
See
Pont de broche (pont Branlant) is an historic spindle pedestrian bridge in Saint-Alexis-des-Monts. Saint-Élie-de-Caxton has a botanical garden and the "Garage de la Culture", a cultural hub.
Do
The Festival de la galette de sarrasin (Buckwheat pancake festival) in Louiseville in early October has musical performance, tastings of local products, and a parade. Boating is possible on the Loup River depending on the water level and is very popular on Lake Saint-Pierre near the town of Maskinongé, and Charette. There is a scuba diving training centre in Saint-Alexis-des-Monts. Ranch Ohana, in Saint-Barnabé, is a Guinea pig and miniature horse breeding farm that offers zootherapy. Saint-Boniface is home to two tourist ranches. The Parc nature La Gabelle in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès offers sport fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.