La Route du Fjord: Day 2 - the South Shore

 Before leaving La Baie, we were very lucky to find a Shell station and filled up @ $1.71.9 with our 3¢ CAA discount.

We stopped at two lookouts on the river before continuing to Parc National du Fjord-du-Saguenay. Saguenay National Park was created in 1983. In 2011 it was renamed "to emphasize its unique geographic feature." The park is a glacial valley  stretching over 100 km of the river with a sector on each shore.

 We paid $20.60 for a one day pass for the two of us in la Baie - Eternité  Sector  and parked at the Discovery and Visitors Centre.  

We hiked the Sentier des Méandres-à-Falaises, a 1.6 km loop with a 30 m. elevation. The scenery was breath-taking along the shore the fjord.

Kathy also hiked the longer and more challenging Sentier de la Statue , a 2.4 km loop. She turned back just before the lookout as the trail became too treacherous.

We ate lunch before leaving and drove the remaining 85 km to Saint Siméon where we checked into the municipal campground on the shore of the St. Lawrence.

It was another short driving day, 164 km . It remained mainly cloudy and reached only 18º ,,, good for hiking.

Saint Siméon