Forestville (Quebec)

Forestville is a town in the La Haute-Côte-Nord region of Quebec's North Shore. It's part of the tourist region of Manicouagan.

The main attractions of Forestville are:
 * the various hunting and fishing activities, in particular at ZEC de Forestville;
 * its services to travellers on route 138 or route 385 (leading to the ferry);
 * its beaches, particularly on the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River, along the Sault aux Cochons River or around its many lakes;
 * its summer outdoor activities: Le Méandre golf course, hiking trails, bicycles, swimming, wild fruit and mushroom picking, canoes, kayaks, observation of marine mammals or boreal nature, mountain biking, etc.;
 * its winter sports activities: cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice fishing;
 * its great history: Indigenous prehistory, first settlers arrived in 1844, William Price's sawmill, the pulp and paper industry, the arboriduct, La Petite Anglicane museum;
 * its events: the Loppet Boréal (cross-country ski race), and the ZEC de Forestville hunter's festival (in mid-October).

Understand
The main economic activities of Forestville are forestry, businesses, institutions, recreational tourism services and the ferry. Forestville has the services normally found in a service area near a highway such as gasoline, catering, accommodation and tourist information.

Forestville includes the tourist information office:

By bus

 * Operates a daily route between Baie-Comeau and Montreal including stops in Forestville, Tadoussac, Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Saint-Siméon, La Malbaie, Clermont, Saint-Hilarion, Baie-Saint-Paul, Saint-Tite-des-Caps, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Boischatel, and Quebec City.

By car
Forestville is on Route 138 between Tadoussac to the west and Baie-Comeau to the east. Route 138 connects to Quebec City. From Saguenay, take Route 172 until the Route 138 jct; head northeast at the junction (i.e. left).

Get around
The main traffic route on the territory is Route 138, which runs along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Nevertheless, Forestville has several streets and forest roads going north, notably the chemin de la rivière du Sault aux Cochons which runs along the east bank of the river, the chemin du Banc de Gravier and route 385.