ケベックの峡谷・トップ3

マスキノンゲ川は、モーリシー地方の森と起伏のある田園地帯を流れ、最終的にセントローレンス川に達し、サント＝ウルシュル滝公園を形作る岩の多い渓谷を刻んでいます。このピクニックエリアの展望台からは、森に囲まれた速い流れの川の長い区間を眺めることができ、渓谷に向かって美しい景色が広がっています。木々の間に置かれたピクニックテーブルは、主な滝から離れて水の音を楽しむのに最適な休憩場所となっています。

サント＝ウルシュル滝公園は、マスキンノンジュ川がドラマチックな岩の峡谷を7つの滝となって流れ落ちる景勝地で、ナイアガラの滝よりも高い総落差を誇ります。森林地帯のハイキングコース、長い遊歩道、吊り橋が、混交林、湿地帯、針葉樹林を縫うように延び、いくつかの展望台や、滝と川の谷を見下ろす高さ20メートルの展望タワーへと続いています。かつては重要な林業の地でしたが、現在は公園として、散策、自然観察、滝の音と力強さを楽しむための静かな環境を提供しています。

From the upper wooden walkway in the Sainte Anne Canyon you have a fantastic view of the Sainte-Anne-du-Nord river with the rapids just before the spectacular waterfall. It is worth a visit even when it rains. The canyon is open from May to October.

The Sainte-Anne Falls are 75 m high, 15 m higher than Niagara Falls. The water flow varies greatly throughout the year, reaching 100,000 litres per second in April and May, while in August/September it only reaches 10,000 litres. The river has its source in over 30 lakes located in the huge Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. After 90 km, it flows into the Saint Lawrence River at Beaupré.

The Rivière-à-Mars is a tributary of the Saguenay Fjord in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region in the east of the Canadian province of Quebec. This part is easy to hike and is very wild and really worth seeing. The Rivière-à-Mars rises in the Laurentian Mountains in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. From there it flows in a predominantly northerly direction. It takes in the Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest on the left. Shortly before reaching the town of La Baie, which is part of Saguenay, it flows through a 700-meter-long gorge. It then turns east-northeast, flows through the center of La Baie and finally flows into the Baie des Ha! Ha! on the south bank of the Saguenay Fjord. The Rivière-à-Mars is 129 kilometers long. It drains an area of 660 square kilometers. To the east, its catchment area borders that of the Rivière Ha! Ha!, which also flows into the Baie des Ha! Ha!. To the west is the catchment area of the Rivière du Moulin, which flows into the Rivière Saguenay in Chicoutimi. The average discharge of the Rivière-à-Mars is 14 cubic meters per second.