Side Trips from Montréal: Places to Explore

Québec's Eastern Townships are unlike anything else the province has to offer. For starters, there remains a sizable, albeit dwindling, English population here, mostly the descendants of Empire Loyalists... Read more

The Laurentians (les Laurentides) range is a delightful year-round destination less than an hour's drive from downtown Montréal, traffic allowing. The main tourist region, which actually encompasses... Read more

To fully experience the majesty of the Outaouais wilderness you should plan to spend close to a week here, as simply driving to any of the region's major provincial parks is a good one-day journey. But... Read more