Revisiting Tadoussac, Canada

Motel de l'Anse a l'eau

After all my stories of visiting Tadoussac for whale watching in the past, it was about time I take some family up that way. So this past week my mother, sister, and brother in law all made the trip up to Vermont where we piled into a rental car and hit the road for the 7+ hour road trip up into Canada.

It was a beautiful drive through French Quebec past rolling farm lands and sparkling water of the St Lawrence. We finally made it to the ferry which took us across the Saguenay River into the quaint little town of Tadoussac. This town is filled with cute, French style eateries and small boutiques. Old wrought iron lamppost dot the streets and walkways while the impressive Hotel Tadoussac dominates the waterfront.  We stayed at the quaint Motel de l'Anse a l'eau, which I think means 'from the cove to the water.'

  Most visitors to Tadoussac come for the whale watching in the Parc Marin du Saguenay-Saint-Laurent. Beluga whales are known to frequent these waters all year round. But in the summer these whale waters really get busy with visits from 12 other species ranging from blue whales, to minke whales, humpbacks to pilot whales. We had a whale watch scheduled for the day after we arrived on one of the zodiac trips so we all went to bed excited, and not to mention well fed on baguettes and cheese.

  The next day we awoke to impenetrable fog rolling into the ocean front harbor. We could barely make out our zodiac at the dock, a few hundred feet into the fog. Stay tuned for how things turned out in Tadoussac part 2.