Exploring inimitable live at the top of the Quebec winter

From December to March, under a thick blanket of snow, Quebec and its people awaken to apprestarsi to live a long season full of dynamism.

Many unique and are the driving forces to accept eagerly the arrival of this (elsewhere) dreaded season.

Here are a few to intrigue even the most skeptical!

The winter is a long quiet river and … frozen! Nothing better for a vigorous paddling. Yes, you read right: the canoe in Quebec do not give up and the icy river can only be a stimulus to the adventure. Crampons, paddle in hand, this task is traditionally held in the city of Quebec during the famous Carnaval celebrations, is now been extended to all winter and most daring proposal to tourists.

If you want to try this adventure ‘thrilling’ please contact canotaglacequebec.com.

And speaking of ice, here in his capacity as a building material. Design in the making and never equal to itself for the Hôtel de Glace: we are always in Quebec (on the outskirts of the capital, to be exact) and like every year, with the first cold renews the realization of this ephemeral architectural marvel. 44 rooms and suites issues, monumental hall and even a chapel for weddings definitely original. And a toast to the newlyweds? Strictly in ice glasses ( hoteldeglace-canada.com ).

The big news this year proposal from the Hôtel de Glace is a combination between staying in the hotel and observation of baby seals at Iles-de-la-Madeleine, another phenomenon absolutely only in America (blanchons.com). A private jet transports guests to the islands of the archipelago, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in a lunar landscape for an experience worthy of memory (between late February and mid-March).

Skiing between sea and mountains, which point of view to deal with a single down the snow now the winter is soon to open Le Massif de Charlevoix ( leMassif.com ), the great 4 season resort in the region world Biosphere Reserve. 53 slopes, 6 lifts, studios, apartments, spa, restaurants fruit of one man’s dream, Daniel Gauthier, visionary entrepreneur and co-founder of Cirque du Soleil.Non may miss the rendezvous with Nature: appointments only for a closer look at some animal species. As the snowy owl, in St-Vallier de Bellechasse (Chaudière-Appalaches) not to be missed in December and late March along a path traced by an ornithologist ( stvallierbellechasse.qc.ca) .

From owls to wolves, this time it is in the region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and specifically the Parc Mahikan, where in a space of 80 acres in the middle of the boreal forest, 35 live specimens in semi-freedom ( destinationboreale.com/hiver ).

Directly from their homes or walking, you can instead look at the white-tailed deer: very social animals, are present in large number at the Centre Touristique du Lac Simon (Outaouais). The moose on the other hand, other species immediately be associated with this land covered with forests, selected as the preferred home Matane Wildlife Sanctuary, home to the highest concentration per square kilometer around the Quebec (4.8 units). Stay country-chic nell’Auberge de Montagne des Chic-Chocs (Gaspésie) not to miss anything of this peaceful oasis inhabited by the king of the forest ( Sepaq. com ).

We close with a proposal for the most daring souls, the search of exoticism pure and it does not matter if you find you need to venture up to the 60th parallel, where the temperature drops, because it is here and only here, held a biennial festival dedicated to the snow, the Festival de Neiges in Puvirnituq attracts Inuit across North America, from the Nunavik Nunavut, the Northwest territories to Greenland. Here in this village on the east coast of Hudson Bay, it pays tribute to the traditions of the Inuit and singing, dancing, dining experiences, observation of nature, you can watch a spectacular ice sculpture competition and igloo building. An exciting time even if only for all the participants, from the Inuit to tourists, received a warm welcome in a burst of entrepreneurial tourist community, who wants to get noticed by more and more international ( nunavik-tourism.com ).

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