Brochure - Croisières Baie

Cover and back pages: © Marc Loiselle
BAIE COMEAU
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PORT
Apron: 17 m
Apron: 17 m
Apron: 24 m
TIDAL MOVEMENT: 4.15 m
PILOTS: Upon request
MARINE REFERENCES
Chart # 1226, Canadian Hydrographic Service
Latitude: 49°13’ N
Longitude: 68°09’ W
CONTACTS
CROISIÈRES BAIE-COMEAU
Renée Dumas – Executive Director, Baie-Comeau Cruises
T 1 418 296-0182 #224
20, avenue Cartier, Baie-Comeau, Québec G4Z 0A2
rdumas@ville.baie-comeau.qc.ca
TOURISM BAIE-COMEAU
Sophie St-Gelais – Coordinator, Baie-Comeau Cruises
T 1 418 296-8360 F 1 418 296-5380
20, avenue Cartier, Baie-Comeau, Québec G4Z 0A2
sst-gelais@ville.baie-comeau.qc.ca
Concept and Design: Paginart, Brand Communications
BERTHS
Berth 1 – direct access to port
Length: 155 m Depth: 10 m
Berth 2 – direct access to port
Length: 155 m Depth: 9.5 m
Berth 3 – direct access to port
Length: 125 m Depth: 9.5 m PORT SERVICES
> Passenger gangway > Tug
> Roll-on/roll-off ramp
> Electrical outlets for tugs
> Car ferry ramp
> Waste disposal
> Fuel & fresh water by truck
CRUISE PAVILION
> Wi-fi web connexion
> Tourist office
> Boutique
> Terrace
> Restrooms
> Shuttle service
> Regional craftsmen
> Restaurant
> Public telephones
> Wheelchair friendly
VISIT US AT CROISIERESBAIE-COMEAU.CA
info@croisieresbaie-comeau.ca
OLOS SA
BAIE COMEAU
Big country. Big hearts.
© Marc Loiselle
MANIC 5
THE 5TH LARGEST IMPACTCRATER IN THE WORLD, ITS
HUGE RESERVOIR WAS FORMED
BY AN ASTEROID THAT LANDED
214 MILLION YEARS AGO.
CONTAINS ENOUGH CONCRETE
TO BUILD A SIDEWALK ALL
THE WAY FROM THE NORTH
POLE TO THE SOUTH POLE.
BIG
ENOUGH
© Marc Loiselle
Four daily 2-hour tours of the facility are available from the
end of June for up to 100 people at a time. They include a bus
ride to the crest of the Daniel-Johnson dam, offering a spectacular
panorama of the Manicouagan River valley. A belvedere,
5 minutes away, provides a majestic view of the dam, which
is lit at night. Seaplane tours also available.
THE LARGEST DAM IN THE WORLD OF ITS TYPE, TALLER THAN
A 70-STORY BUILDING, NEARLY 1 MILE LONG, WITH A CENTRAL
ARCH 15 STORIES HIGHER THAN THE GREAT PYRAMID.
MANIC 5
© Marc Loiselle
AWESOM
MANIC 2
© Marc Loiselle
90-minute guided tours, during which visitors may enter
cavities of the dam and see turbines in action, are available
throughout the season. Capacity: 100 visitors.
EACH OF THE 8 TURBINES WEIGHS MORE THAN
100 ELEPHANTS. THE SPILLWAY CAN DISCHARGE
TWICE AS MUCH WATER AS NIAGARA FALLS.
MANIC-2 IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST HOLLOW-JOINT
GRAVITY DAMS. A JUMBO JET COULD FIT INTO JUST ONE
OF THE DAM’S JOINTS.
THE BIG
PICTURE
© Hydro-Québec
MANIC 2
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW A GARDEN THAT WAS
STARTED 20,000 YEARS AGO?
GARDEN OF
THE GLACIERS
© Mathieu Dupuis
ETERNAL
A garden carved out by the world’s most
imposing glacier, which covered most of
North America in one towering piece of
ice reaching over 3 miles high!
This UNESCO World Biosphere
Reserve is one of the largest biospheres
on the planet and by far the largest in
Canada. It covers over 21,000 mi2
(33,796 km2) making it about twice
the size of Haiti, and larger than
120 other countries!
The Glacier Exploration Station offers
its visitors an enveloping interactive
experience in a realistic prehistoric
environment, supported by the latest
multimedia technologies.
© Robert Baronet
SHELLVALLEY
EXPERIENCE AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL
DIG FIRST-HAND! BECOME AN
EXPLORER AND ENJOY ARTEFACTS
FROM THE GOLDTHWAITE SEA,
WHICH SUBMERGED THE WHOLE
AREA SOME 12,000 YEARS AGO.
© Mathieu Dupuis
AGELES S
© Jardin des glaciers
NEXT TO THIS YARDS-DEEP DEPOSIT OF SEASHELLS
FROM THE LAST ICE AGE, A BOARDWALK WITH
INTERPRETIVE PANELS HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT
THE BASE OF A WALL OF SHELLS. YOU’RE INVITED
TO HANDLE THE ANCIENT MOLLUSKS OF 10,000
YEARS AGO. WE’LL GLADLY SUPPLY YOU WITH
THE TOOLS TO SEARCH FOR A VARIETY OF
SHELLS LEFT BEHIND BY THE RECEDING SEAS…
IN PREHISTORY.
BOISÉ
POINTE SAINT-GILLES
ENJOY THE BOUNTY OF NATURE, FROM LEAFY
FOREST REFUGE TO WINDSWEPT CLIFFS.
© Raymond Héroux
BOISÉ DE LA POINTE SAINT-GILLES
IS AN OASIS OF WILDLIFE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE CITY, WITH MILES
OF PATHS PUNCTUATED BY
SCULPTURES AND LEAFY NOOKS.
THIS AMAZINGLY VARIED ECOSYSTEM
INCLUDES OVER 200 PLANT, MOSS
AND MUSHROOM SPECIES, NEARLY
100 DIFFERENT BIRD SPECIES,
AND A HARBOUR-SEAL ROOKERY!
© Mathieu Dupuis
HERITAGE
©Marc Loiselle/Loizo.com
THE MANOIR
In 1937, the same year he founded the
town of Baie-Comeau, Robert Rutherford
McCormick built a sumptuous manor.
In 1965, the Manoir burned to the ground.
The QNSL paper company rebuilt it on the
same site, using stone instead of wood,
and it was totally rejuvenated in 2004.
Now a hotel with all the charm of an
old French colonial manor, most of
its rooms and meeting rooms, including
the dining room, terrace and gardens,
open onto spectacular views of the
Saint Lawrence River.
© Marc Loiselle
POINTE-AUX-OUTARDES
NATURE PARK
© Pierre Larue
NATURAL
BAIE SAINT-PANCRACE is accessible only by boat, but the panoramic views
from above are breathtaking, especially when bedecked in autumnal colour.
For an even more relaxed outing, a few miles of pathways through the woods on
either side of the Amédée River are ideal for hiking.
WALKS AND
DISCOVERIES
SEVEN DISTINCT ECOSYSTEMS SHOWCASE
THE STUNNING DIVERSITY AT POINTE-AUXOUTARDES NATURE PARK. VISITORS ENJOY
GUIDED TOURS, DEMONSTRATIONS, TALKS
AND WALKS TOUCHING ON ECOLOGY, PLANT
BIOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, CULTURE AND
SCIENCE FOR ALL AGES.
THE PATRIMONIAL QUARTER is a casual but stimulating tour that showcases
the history, architecture and charming ambience of old neighbourhoods and attractions such as boutiques, art galleries, and historic churches. The ideal occasion to
meet one of the locals and hear heart-warming and sometimes harrowing tales of
their forebears’ travails in carving a life out of this wild land. And what tour of
charming village life would be complete without a wine tasting?
SHIPWRECK MUSEUM
© Mathieu Dupuis
ENJOY A REMOTE PARADISE THAT NURTURES HEARTY SOULS.
WATCH WHALES AT PLAY. EXPERIENCE AND WITNESS THE
INTENSITY AND HUMAN DRAMA OF A SHIPWRECK.
POINTE-DES-MONTS
LIGHTHOUSE
© MTOQ_Benoit Cecile
HEROIC
MYTHICAL
THE POINTE-DES-MONTS LIGHTHOUSE mannequins and artefacts,
spread over seven floors, illustrate – to both adults and children – the life of
the pioneers, the coureurs des bois who moved here and the Native Montagnais
People (whose church, built in 1747, still stands nearby). The views are splendid.
Have you ever looked out over a 40 mile-wide (64.37 km) river?
This ancient edifice has seen a lot of action, including a fair share of shipwrecks
and other tragedies since it was built in 1830, when sailing ships dominated the
world’s oceans. If shipwrecks are your thing, though, there’s more: the muchawarded SHIPWRECK MUSEUM recounts the great maritime tragedies
of the Saint Lawrence from the time of New France. Multimedia, slideshows,
videos and movies support and enrich your experience at both locations.
THE VILLAGE IS A FAITHFUL
REPRODUCTION OF AN EARLY
SETTLEMENT THAT GAVE
BIRTH TO THE LOCAL FRENCHCANADIAN POPULATION:
LUMBER CAMPS.
IN THE
FOOTSTEPS
OF THE PIONEERS
If you were to read the Chicago Tribune or the New York Daily
News from the mid 1900s, you would be looking at trees from
Baie-Comeau! Local lumber camps belonged to the owner
of those newspapers, who opened them expressly to supply
his printing presses.
Visitors will be thrilled to see cutting, hauling, driving, and other
aspects of life that were carried on as man tamed the towering
trees. Typical buildings, period objects and old photographs
illustrate the rough living conditions and fascinating way of life
of this period. You might even meet some of the volunteers who
remember hearing first-hand stories of the olden days.
all photos © Marc Loiselle
HISTORIC
FRANQUELIN
FOREST VILLAGE
© Marc Loiselle
ALL THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS
AND INTERIOR OF SAINTE-AMÉLIE
CHURCH WERE COMMISSIONED
FROM THE RENOWNED FLORENTINE
ECCLESIASTIC ARCHITECT AND
PAINTER GUIDO NINCHERI.
SAINTE-AMÉLIE
CHURCH
GLORIOUS
For all the church’s stunning frescoes, which clearly
show the influence of Titian and Raphael, Guido Nincheri
worked in the traditional, buon-fresco technique. The
same technique that Michelangelo used in the Sistine
Chapel. Its magni­ficent, vault-like acoustics are fully
exploited by the 26-stop Casavant organ, built by the
world-renowned French-Canadian brothers who created
the famous organs in Montréal’s Notre-Dame Basilica and
the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine.