La Tuque-Chambord scenic road

Relive their ambitious saga of creating a road link between La Tuque and lac Saint-Jean de 1955 à 1965. On December 30, 1955, 110 cars travelled the new La Tuque-Lac-Bouchette road in five hours, avoiding the detour through Quebec. The last segment had just been cleared and developed by the citizens of Lac-Bouchette. The construction of this La Tuque-Chambord road was initiated by the Latuquois Auguste Dubois and Omer Veillette in 1955, without public funding; the latter was a businessman in transport and was mayor of La Tuque (1937-41 and 1942-44). Route 155 between La Tuque and Chambord is legendary. Starting from La Tuque, follow the panoramic route of the Bostonnais bridges by route 155, until the Halte du Curé-Normandin (after 24 min and 34 km), located at the intersection of Chemin du Lac-Édouard. From there, continue on route 155 (north-east direction) along the north-west bank of the rivière Bostonnais. You will pass near the reception station of the Pourvoirie Le Rochu and in front of the reception of the Zec Ménokeosawin; from there, route 155 departs from the course of the Bostonnais River whose waters come from lakes Ventadour, Lescarbot, Kiskissink and the Grand Lake Bostonnais, in the heart of the Zec Kiskissink. Further on, you will pass the Lac Écarté reception area of the Zec Kiskissink. Then Lac des Commissaires, Bouchette lake, Saint-François-de-Sales, to the intersection of route 169 at Chambord, 1.5 km (in a direct line) opposite lac Saint-Jean.

• outdoors
• viewpoint

Getting there

from downtown La Tuque