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La Mauricie National Park

Near Shawinigan, La Mauricie is a forest-and-lake park in Québec's southern Canadian Shield. It is well suited to a paddling day or to exploring how the lakes sit among regrown woods.

La Mauricie National Park

Why go

More than a century of logging changed these forests, which now mix conifers and deciduous trees around many lakes and ponds. Lake Wapizagonke and the park's inland waterways make water travel a natural focus. The landscape also holds a much longer Indigenous history visible in archaeological sites and rock paintings.

What to look for

  • Lakes and ponds lie among Canadian Shield forest.
  • Lake Wapizagonke fills a long valley in the park.
  • Regrown woodland mixes conifers and deciduous trees.

Useful to know

  • Decide between paddling and a land-based visit before choosing your park entrance.
  • Allow time around one lake rather than trying to cover the park's many waterways in a day.

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