La Tuque

Complexe culturel Félix-Leclerc

Félix-Leclerc Cultural Complex

Cultural complex administered by the La Tuque Arts and Culture Development Corporation. Building with six rooms including four workshop rooms; these rooms are available for conferences, training, meetings of organized groups. The program of shows is posted on the website of the cultural complex.

Parc Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis Park

Municipal aquatic park with Lake Saint-Louis and the Sakihikan Centre (La Tuque Native Friendship Center (CAALT)) offering a complete immersion in the life of the Native people. Park with mature trees, decorative fountains and a water fountain in the centre of Lake Saint-Louis. This park offers the public many services and activities, including rental of nautical equipment and changing rooms, swimming on a supervised beach, walking, picnic and rest areas. Floating docks are placed on the lake. The park is a natural amphitheatre and a place of large gatherings (e.g., National Aboriginal Day and National Day of Quebec). The site was redeveloped in 2018. The lake was seeded in 2015.

Free

Parc des Chutes de la Petite Rivière Bostonnais

Falls-of-the-Petite-Rivière-Bostonnais Park

Regional park. See the 30-m waterfalls. Walk to the observation tower to take a look at the panorama of the Saint-Maurice River. Kids' playground.

May to October

Parc des Trois Soeurs

Three Sisters Park

11 km of trails with a difference in height of 280 m. Linear municipal park on the west bank of the Saint-Maurice river, facing the hamlet of Carignan, south of the village of La Tuque. Campsite at Lake Bédard. A shuttle service is available to cross the Saint-Maurice River at: +1-819-523-8134 (by reservation).

Free

Réserve faunique des Laurentides

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve

Wildlife reserve straddling the administrative regions of Quebec Region, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Mauricie. It covers an area of 7934 km². Nevertheless, a small part of this territory overflows into the eastern part of the territory of Lac Tuque, east of Lescarbot and Ventadour lakes, as well as between La Foi and Ventadour lakes where Mount Nash is located (572 m). This wildlife reserve borders on the Bog-à-Lanières Ecological Reserve in Lac-Édouard.

Réserve écologique Judith-De Brésoles

Judith-De Brésoles Ecological Reserve

Ecological reserve covering 10.9 km² south of the village of Lac-Édouard in Haute-Batiscanie.

St-Zephirin Presbytery and Church

Built in 1930, the Saint-Zéphirin church is the work of architect Heldwige Laberge, who applied a mid-Renaissance, half-Roman style. In 1944, under the direction of parish priest Louis Caron, artist Albert Gilles carried out the interior decoration. Over a period of 14 years, he made the brass inside and was responsible for the stained glass windows made by Maison Maumejean in Paris. Entrance doors, adorned with embossed copper, weigh ½ ton each. In 1958, the factory repaired the facade of the church. Following the 1961 fire, marble was added to the walls and a mural by Walter Del Mistro. Stations of the Cross were made of embossed copper on a background of eggshells crushed into pieces. In 1962, the Parish Factory purchased a new organ from Casavant Frères limited in Saint-Hyacinthe. The organ has 4230 pipes. It is a French and neo-classical harmonization of 52 stops, with an electro-pneumatic type mechanism.

Barrage Gouin

Gouin Dam

River infrastructure that created the Gouin reservoir. The RO-450 forest road which runs along the west bank of the Wabano River passes at the top of the La Loutre dam; a branch of this road makes a detour to the north-west to pass at the top of the Gouin dam. The centenary of this last dam was celebrated in 2018.

Réserve écologique du Bog-à-Lanières

Bog-à-Lanières Ecological Reserve

Ecological reserve covering 4.3 ha south-east of the village of Lac-Édouard, in Haute-Batiscanie.