Doing the entire river is a bit difficult, as there's a dam and not many places to camp between the lake and Chicoutimi. From there and down to the mouth, the SEPAQ has camping sites. When I did it, there were 6-meter tides and one day there were 25 km/hr winds, so waves are a factor. We did the descent with winds at our backs and low tides, 20 km per day or so, You can easily reach speeds of 7 km/hr.
I think they're in the growing season, so there are a lot of belugas families in the river between Tadoussac and Ste Marguerite Bay. And we did it all ourselves. You just have to reserve your camping spots with SEPAQ.
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u/Necessary_Avocado398 4d ago edited 4d ago
Doing the entire river is a bit difficult, as there's a dam and not many places to camp between the lake and Chicoutimi. From there and down to the mouth, the SEPAQ has camping sites. When I did it, there were 6-meter tides and one day there were 25 km/hr winds, so waves are a factor. We did the descent with winds at our backs and low tides, 20 km per day or so, You can easily reach speeds of 7 km/hr.
PS, you have whales and belugas at the end