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The tumbling waters
of Montmorency Falls,
edged by autumnal woods

most celebrated waterfall. newspaper, which in 1936 built mountains and the confluence
Over 98 ft (30 m) higher than a mill near the mouth of the of the Chicoutimi, Du-Moulin,
Niagara Falls, the cascade is Manicougan River to supply its and Saguenay rivers.
created as the Montmorency printing presses with paper. Once a center for paper
River empties out into the Declared a historic district in manufacturing, Chicoutimi
Saint Lawrence River. The park 1985, Baie-Comeau’s oldest still has a large pulp mill, the
surrounding the falls offers a area is the Quartier Amélie. Pulperie de Chicoutimi.
suspension bridge, an aerial Paper production remains a Though no longer operational,
cable car, a 980-ft (300-m) zip- vital industry here, but Baie- the plant can be toured, and
line and a series of trails that Comeau is most important an adjacent museum shows
climb the surrounding cliffs. today as a gateway to the huge visitors the intricacies of this
A bridge nearby crosses Manic-Outardes hydro electric faded Quebecois industry.
the river to the Île d’Orléans, power complex, situated along
the villages of which allow Hwy 389. The most spectacular Pulperie de Chicoutimi
a fascinating glimpse into example is Manic-5, 132 miles " ⌂ 300 Dubuc # Late Jun–
rural life in Quebec. (212 km) north of town. Its Aug: 9am–6pm daily; Sep–
arched Daniel-Johnson Dam late­Jun: 10am–4pm Wed–
holds back a vast reservoir Sun ∑ pulperie.com
6 that fills a crater geophysicists
believe may have been created
Baie-Comeau by a meteorite millennia ago.
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This midsize town owes its Chicoutimi Entre-Côte Riverin
existence to the Chicago Tribune This modern
£ Jonquière @ Chicoutimi steakhouse is known
n 412 Blvd Saguenay E, for its succulent beef
Bureau 100; (418) 543 9778 tartare. It's BYOB, so pick
Did You Know? Snug in the crook of mountains up a bottle of something
on the western shore of the special en route.
In 1995, a referendum Saguenay, Chicoutimi is one ⌂260 Riverin St,
proposing indepen­ of northern Quebec's most Chicoutimi ∑ entre
dence for the province expansive towns, and the coteriverin.com
of Quebec was defeated cultural and economic center \\\
by only 1 percent. of the region. A stroll along the
town's riverside offers good
views of the surrounding
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