Ragueneau

Ragueneau is a municipality in Manicouagan, Côte-Nord, in Quebec. It is on the Route des Baleines and the Route Nature aux mille délices (gourmet route).

Understand

Ragueneau has five magnificent bays on the coast of the St. Lawrence River: Baie à Chouinard (near the Old wharf), Baie du Père-Georges, Baie chez Phydime, Baie à Ti-Jos and Baie Verte. Each of these bays has fine sandy beaches and has a long sandstone at low tide. Moreover, the Batture aux Outardes in Baie aux Outardes (mouth of the Rivière aux Outardes) can stretch up to 6.6 km at low tide in front of the village of Ragueneau. Thus, at low tide, the water currents appear on the sandstone and the small islands emerge more.

• 1 Manicouagan Tourist Information Office (Ragueneau) (Bureau d'information touristique Manicouagan (Ragueneau)), 595, route 138 (in the village, along the St. Lawrence River), toll-free: +1-800-667-2276. Information on the Manicouagan region: tourist attractions, lodging, restaurants, recreational tourism activities and other amenities. (updated Aug 2022)

Get in

By car

• From Montreal (646 km, time: 7 hr 43 min non-stop. From downtown Montreal, take the Jacques-Cartier bridge (east); take route 132 (east), highway 20 (east); then Autoroute 73 (north), Autoroute 40 (east) and Route 138 to Chute-aux-Outardes.

See

• 1 Old quay of Ragueneau (Vieux quai de Ragueneau), 1025, route 138 (accessible from Route 138 via Chemin du Quai; on a peninsula, facing the bay at Ti-Jos), ☏ +1 418-567-2345. The old quay of Ragueneau, at the entrance to a harbour, has a gas station for boating and dinosaur statues attract visitors. This wharf is a privileged vantage point for observing marine mammals, avian species, Pointe aux Outardes, the sandstone of the St. Lawrence River, sunrises/sunsets and the passage of ships. This wharf is protected by small islands that cut through large waves and by sandstone at low tide. (updated Aug 2022)
• Bird watching (Observation des oiseaux). 
• Observation of marine mammals (Observation des mammifères marins). 

Do

Year-round

• 2 North Shore Fish Farm (Pisciculture Côte-Nord), 649, route 138, ☏ +1. The only saltwater fish farm in Quebec where you can fish big sea trout all year round. Products are sold on site. (updated Aug 2022)

In winter

• Les Bolides Snowmobile Club (Club de motoneige Les Bolides). The club's trails are accessible to anyone who has an access card from the Fédération des clubs de motoneige du Québec. The Ragueneau club is on the Trans-Qc 3 trail. (updated Aug 2022)

Buy

• 1 Marché Ragueneau, 358, route 138, ☏ +1 418-567-4411. Supermarket, with Petro-T gas station. (updated Aug 2022)
• 2 Grandma's delicacies (Les gourmandises de Mamie), 2429, 2e rang, ☏ +1 581-490-1271. Bakery pastry. (updated Aug 2022)
• 3 Domaine Côte du Nord Nordic Vineyard (Domaine Côte du Nord Vignoble Nordique), 40, route 138 (rang 2), ☏ +1 418-293-2133. Vineyard with shop offering local products. (updated Aug 2022)

Eat

• 1 The Dairy Bar Chez Pascalou (Le Bar laitier Chez Pascalou), 594, route 138, ☏ +1 418-567-8900. Frozen products. (updated Aug 2022)
• 2 Cantine chez nath, 502, route 138, ☏ +1 418-567-9494. Pizzeria. (updated Aug 2022)

Drink

• 1 Bar Viking, 343, route 138 (along the St. Lawrence River). Bar. (updated Aug 2022)

Sleep

Campgrounds

• 1 Campsite Marina Ragueneau (Camping Marina Ragueneau), 1600, 2e rang (at the bottom of a bay on the west shore of the Outardes River, upstream from the Outardes hydroelectric power station), ☏ +1 418-567-9767. Campsite. (updated Aug 2022)
• 2 Wild camping (Camping sauvage) (peninsula close to the Vieux quai de Ragueneau (east side)), ☏ +1 418-567-1485. Wild camping by the sea. (updated Aug 2022)

Connect

Low-altitude satellite communication services (e.g. Starlink satellite constellation) are increasingly accessible in remote areas such as the North Shore; they allow you to make video calls, play online games, view streaming video, and perform other high-speed activities, among other things. In remote areas, these satellite communication services offer security and efficiency.

Go next

Routes through Ragueneau

New York State ← Elgin ← Montreal ←

W  E

→ Kegaska → (discontinued between Kegaska and Bonne-Espérance)→Bonne-Espérance → Blanc-Sablon → Labrador

• 1 Chute-aux-Outardes This coastal municipality is focused on hydro-electricity, forestry, and services for travelers and tourists: hiking trails, former Outardes I power station, golf, parks and playgrounds, hunting and fishing and boating on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Rivière aux Outardes.
• 2 Baie-Comeau Industrial city offering many events (e.g., musical and epicurean events, the Côte-Nord Beer Festival) and recreational tourism services: guided heritage tour, hiking trails, sea kayaking, Via Ferrata, paddle board, observations of marine mammals and aquatic birds, sea excursions, visits to local port facilities, campsites.
• 3 Pointe-aux-Outardes The main attractions: covered bridge, magnificent beach for observing life on the river (passing ships, winged fauna including migratory birds, marine mammals, tireless waves and the evolution of atmospheric phenomena on the river), trails hiking, waterfalls of the Outardes river.
• 4 Pessamit Reserve of the Innu band of Pessamit 54 km southwest of Baie-Comeau. The main attractions and recreational tourism activities: the huge beach on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River allowing you to appreciate the maritime panorama, the Lac des Îles outfitter, the Innu festival of Pessamit on August 15 (activities, shows, screenings, fireworks, Pow Wow, and volleyball tournaments, continuing for almost a week).
• 5 Rivière-aux-Outardes This unorganized territory is a great place for hunting & fishing, ATV and snowmobile excursions, picking wild berries, as well as observing the fauna, flora and land relief. The main attractions are the dams and hydroelectric power stations built on the Manicouagan River.