Saguenay fjord, Charlevoix, Que. July 2021 5/5 My sister Tanya and I started going on canoe and kayaking trips together the year she turned 40. She was a busy working mother with young children and felt she was missing out being active for herself in the wilderness.
She asked me to organize a trip, after looking down and watching a kayaker paddle under the French River snowmobile bridge and wishing she was doing the same thing. I contacted an outfitter called Black Feather, out of Parry Sound that offered a wide variety of paddling adventures. All we had to do was show up with our clothing packed in a dry bag, set up a tent, and guides took care of everything else.
For the last dozen years, we have been going on guided paddling adventures most summers (mostly in the Georgian Bay area), but our trip to see the Saguenay fjords in Quebec was definitely one of our most challenging and enjoyable trips. For July 2021, I signed us up for a week-long kayak down the Saguenay River, which empties out into the Saint Lawrence. We were excited at the idea of the possibility of seeing sea life such as seals and Beluga whales.
On our way out to the meeting point, we broke up the drive and stayed in Quebec City. for at least one night. Take a walk along the lookout in front of the Chateau Frontenac and go window shopping down Rue du Petit-Champlain, just below Chateau Frontenac.
Such a entrancing city with a European flare! So many interesting shops and restaurants! From Quebec City, we drov.
