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Tadoussac and the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park
Canada's first fur-trading post, established in 1600, and renowned as one of the world's most beautiful bays, Tadoussac is the essential gateway to the Whale Route and the starting point for most estuary whale-watching cruises.
Cap-de-Bon-Désir Interpretation and Observation Centre
Just 30 metres from shore, a 200-metre-deep underwater wall draws whales close to this Parks Canada–operated site, one of Québec's best spots for watching cetaceans from dry land.
Daniel-Johnson Dam and Manic-5 Power Station
The world's largest multiple-arch buttress dam, 214 metres high and 1,314 metres wide at the crest, this symbol of Québec's Quiet Revolution can be toured free of charge by reservation, at the heart of the spectacular inland Côte-Nord territory.
Le Vieux-Poste de Sept-Îles
A recreation of a 19th-century fur-trading post, built on the very site of a former Hudson's Bay Company establishment, this historic site traces the daily commercial relations between Europeans and First Nations on the Côte-Nord.
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
Home to the largest concentration of limestone monoliths in Canada, this archipelago of nearly 1,000 islands and islets sculpted by marine erosion is Québec's best site for spotting Atlantic puffins.
Anticosti National Park
Québec's largest island, comparable in area to Corsica, Anticosti is home to Vauréal Falls, 76 metres high, as well as Québec's longest known cave, in a territory shaped by the legacy of a fabulously wealthy French chocolate magnate.
Gilles Vigneault's Birthplace and Heritage Site
In this remote village of Acadian and Innu fishers at the end of Route 138, the birthplace of poet and songwriter Gilles Vigneault, along with the old school restored by village volunteers, tells the origins of one of Québec song's greatest artists.
Pointe-des-Monts Lighthouse
Québec's second-oldest still-active lighthouse, built in 1830 to secure the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, this octagonal lighthouse now houses a museum devoted to navigation and the history of Côte-Nord shipwrecks.
Île aux Perroquets and the Mingan Archipelago Lighthouse Stations
A seabird sanctuary nestled at the western tip of the Mingan Archipelago, Île aux Perroquets owes its name to the Atlantic puffin colonies that frequent it, and offers unique heritage lodging in the former lighthouse keeper's house.
Anticosti Ecomuseum and the Menier Chocolate Heritage
Devoted to the island's singular history, this Port-Menier ecomuseum traces the adventure of French chocolate magnate Henri Menier, sole owner of the island in the late 19th century, as well as the territory's exceptional paleontology.