Attractions and Tours

Not far from Plaisance, along Route 148, is Parc national de Plaisance (Plaisance Provincial Park). With its 28 square kilometres of islands, peninsulas, and marshes along the Ottawa River, the park is home to a stunning variety of flora and fauna.

Located on level two of the splendid Canadian Museum of Civilization is a little gem known as the Canadian Children’s Museum. Opened in 1989, the Children’s Museum has grown over the years to nearly three times its original size.

By the beginning of the 20th century, there were hundreds of covered bridges across Quebec. A century later, the province numbers just over ninety, some built as late as the 1950s. In the heyday of the covered bridge, most villages had at least one; some had several.

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The Chutes de Plaisance, or Plaisance Falls, are located about five kilometres north of the village of Plaisance, along Route 148. An exceptional natural and historic site, for over a century, the falls were the site of a thriving mill town known as North Nation Mills.

The Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway (PPJ), constructed along the Ottawa River from Aylmer to Waltham in the 1880s, was a huge boon to the Pontiac. The towns that were situated directly along the route benefited the most -- towns like Waltham, Fort Coulonge, and Shawville.

Without a doubt, one of the premier heritage sites in the Pontiac is Chutes Coulonge Park.

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Accessible from the tourist bureau (the former train station) on Route 148 in Montebello, the Papineau Memorial Chapel (516Notre-Dame Street) is a modest stone building in a wooded area not far from the Manoir Papineau National Historic Site of Canada.

There are many sights to be seen along the road from Aylmer to L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, particularly if the traveller is willing to depart from the main road (Highway 148) from time to time.