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School winter day trips - skating, sledding ...
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Cadets corp enjoying bag lunches, brr
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Golfing - Golfers delight in playing the prestigious Le Golf du Belvédère, an 18 hole golf course within a forty minute ride from the retreat center. Le Golf du Belvédère has golf clubs, carts etc. available for rent.
Nature Trails - Our wilderness paths are exceptionally beautiful this time of year, exciting to the senses, with glorious combinations of colours, sounds and smells. We have especially designed these for Christians but is a beautiful walk for anybody. Each trail has it's own spiritual theme, with stations at short intervals from one another, whereas one or two can sit at peace on benches and meditate on the scriptures posted at each station. This is a humble way to naturally feel at one with God in His awesome world.
Abitibi-Témiscamingue Heritage Trail - Go back in time. Malartic Quebec is located on the renowned, well maintained hiking trail originally cut out of the boreal forest by the settlers of the region.
Canoe Expedition - We launch 12 seated Voyageur styled canoes from our dock. Everybody helps to paddle to the extent that they can or cannot. The colours of the trees reflecting off the calm waters, the distant calls of lonely loons and the pure fresh northern air create the atmosphere for this relaxing trip. We spend the best part of the day exploring a wonderful small river that leads into a very active beaver pond. Part of this trip involves a brief study of beaver lodges and dams. Ever wonder why beaver build dams? There are several reasons but the primary reason may surprise you. Wildlife photography opportunities abound. This is a good chance to sneak up on moose, black bears and wolves wandering to the water's edges for a drink. We bring a shore lunch and enjoy a beautiful time on a naturally created beach. P.F.D.'s are provided for everyone, although not mandatory to wear, they must be within reach.
Golden Tour - Nearby the retreat center is La Cité de l'Or, a restored gold mine, closed since 1985, where visitors can tour both the surface and the underground. The Lamaque mine used to be the richest gold mine in Quebec. An amazing collection of minerals is displayed at the nearby Musée minéralogique de Malartic. As we curl around the gentle hills on our autumn trips to this facility, nature provides us with some exceptionally beautiful scenery. This is a full pass with the option to go underground, explore the surface activities in an ancient mine and visit the historic mining village including the "historial house". We offer this to our guests as an opportunity to expand their knowledge of our culture here, how it originated from deeply devoted Christians, both French and English, with undying wills to settle in this wild land.
Refuge Pageau - A trip to La Refuge Pageau will leave you with the feeling and hope that somebody cares about God's creature. This is a special a place where injured animals from the wild are given another chance to live out their lives. Hurt animals such as wolves, lynxes, great owls, porcupines and racoons are a few out of the many animals that take refuge here. Michel and Louise Pageau do tremendous, inspiring work and the real miracle is that some of these animals get well enough to go home.
Fort Temiscamingue - Fort Temiscamingue National Historic Site of Canada was a trading post for nearly two centuries. This historic site teaches us about the major rivalry of the 17th and 18th centuries, between the British and the French for control of the Hudson Bay fur trade.
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