Whales
Trips in the estuary.
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Tadoussac is a village in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, on the north shore of the St Lawrence estuary at the mouth of the Saguenay fjord, less than a kilometre from its centre in a straight line and about 100 km east of the city of Saguenay. Jacques Cartier reached the site in 1535 on his second voyage and found the Innu using it as a base for hunting seals, and Basque whalers came later that century. The village sits where the Côte-Nord, Saguenay and Charlevoix regions meet, and it is home to Canada's first national marine park. It looks out from a small bay over the wide estuary, with a sandy beach, colourful houses and a historic white hotel with a red roof, ringed by forested rocky hills and dunes, with sailboats on the blue water. Visitors come above all for whale-watching trips in the estuary and for trails overlooking the fjord. It is cold on the water even in summer, so bring a jacket; the main season runs from June to October.
Trips in the estuary.
Beach and coloured houses.
Near the village.
Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada
June to October.
By road and the Saguenay ferry.