Access

For trail areas, as well as for a trail in particular, consult the
Site Area Map
and the accompanying text for road assistance.

Access to La grande île” Trail
From Notre-Dame-du-Nord,take Route 101 North, 1.2 km past the Timiskaming First Nation. You will turn right onto the chemin Hydro-Québec and then turn left at chemin Rapides-des-Îles. This brings you, after 8 km,to the sentier de la grande île trailhead just after the Bryson bridge.

Description

Trail # 5, looped, 9,8 km, considered as an easy trail for beginners in summer and difficult in winter.
The Bryson stream runs beside this trail; it could have been named lycopodium because so many wolf footprints are visible. After meandering for 2 km, we head to the mountains towards Bryson dam where we encounter a series of small lakes. At one point, there is a junction for “Les pouvoirs de l’eau” trail. Here we can either take this trail or follow the trail that runs beside the rivière des Outaouais. Because of a hunting camp built over sixty years ago, this trail is closed during the moose hunting season. It is one of the most beautiful winter trails for snowshoeing.

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Before Hydro-Electric Companies harnessed the Rivière des Outaouais, beginning-of-the-century topographic charts teach us that the First Nations borrowed an arm of this river in order to transport their fur traders, they were able to eliminate portages by by-passing Rivière des Outaouais.

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