4-day trip / bike-kayak

256 km

Anticlockwise

Difficulty level: Easy

Departure: Alma

Day 1

ALMA TO DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI

Passing by Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon or l’Île du Repos

Distance to cover: 85 km

(additional 45 km in the Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon)

Type of road:

  • Asphalt bike path
  • Asphalt shoulder
  • Bike lane
  • Stone dust bike trail – Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon
Authorized parking lots

Points of interest on the route

Suggestions of places to visit or activities

  • L’Odyssée des Bâtisseurs (museum)
  • Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon (beach, kayak, pdeal boar, hiking, canoeing, wildlife observation, camping)
  • Péribonka marine shuttle ($)
  • Louis-Hémon Museum in Péribonka (exhibits, café, terrace)
  • Sainte-Jeanne d’Arc Old Mill
  • The Mistassini River and the Chute des Pères
  • Parc régional des Grandes-Rivières du lac Saint-Jean (regional park, hiking, observation tower, wildlife interpretation centre)
  • Microbrasserie Le Coureur Des Bois (pub, bistro, craft brewery)

For more details, please refer to the map.

Day 2

DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI TO SAINT FÉLICIEN

With a stop at Domaine des Trois-Îles in Saint-Félicien

Distance to cover: 65 km

Type of road:

  • Asphalt shoulder
  • Asphalt bike path
  • Bike lane

 

Accommodation

Points of interest on the route

Suggestions of places to visit and activities

  • Bleuets Mistassini (in August)
  • Délices du Lac-Saint-Jean (wild blueberry Économusée, shop, tasting)
  • Fromagerie la Normandinoise (cheese factory)
  • Chute à l’Ours de Normandin (heated swimming pool, restaurant, hiking trails, sports fields, camping and chalets)
  • Fromagerie au Pays des Bleuets (cheese factory)
  • Bouchard Artisan Bio (organic farm and cheese factory)
  • La Chouape Craft Brewery (pub, bistro)
  • Zoo sauvage de Saint-Félicien

Day 3

Saint-Félicien to Saint-Gédéon

With a stop at Parc Octopus in Desbiens

We suggest you stay overnight at: Auberge des Îles / kayak rental available

Distance to cover: 65 km

Type of road:

  • Bike lane
  • Asphalt shoulder
  • Asphalt bike path

 

Points of interest on the route

Suggestions of places to visit and activities

  • Musée de la Vieille Fromagerie Perron (manufacturing workshops, tasting, exhibit)
  • Fromagerie Perron (cheese factory)
  • Musée amérindien de Mashteuiatsh (museum)
  • Beemer Craft Brewery / Distillery
  • Val-Jalbert Historical Village (Authentic ”company town” of the 1920s)
  • CHAM – Centre d’Histoire et d’Archéologie de la Métabetchouane (interpretation centre)
  • Parc Octopus (water park and water equipment rental)
  • Le Rigolet beach and trail in Métabetchouan (beach and rest stop)
  • Le Petit Marais de Saint-Gédéon (small swamp)
  • Microbrasserie du Lac-Saint-Jean (pub, bistro and craft brewery)
  • Boulangerie Fromagerie Médard (cheese factory and bakery)
  • Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon, Camp-de-Touage-Les-Îles sector (camping and shuttles to visit the islands)

Day 4

Saint-Gédéon to Alma (Maison du vélo d’Alma)

Cycling visitor information centre in Alma

Possibility of extending the stay at the Auberge des Îles – Cyclists can also end their route at the lodge without having to return to the Maison du vélo d’Alma.

Distance to cover: 25 km

Type of road:

  • Asphalt shoulder
  • Asphalt bike path

Points of interest on the route

Suggestions of places to visit and activities

  • Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon, Camp-de-Touage-Les-Îles sector (camping and shuttles to visit the islands)
  • Rio Tinto dams crossing
  • Crossing the Grande Décharge River on Le Maligneau marine shuttle (free)
  • Dam-en-Terre Resort

Plan your trip along the Véloroute des Bleuets

Discover the list of partner restaurants and accommodations on the cycling route.

Where to eat
Where to sleep