Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is a charming locality in Lower-Mauricie, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Les Chenaux, in Mauricie.

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel has been perceived as a winter tourist destination, mainly because of the alpine ski centre on Mont Carmel. It also has cross-country ski trails, snowmobiles, quads and icy trails in the Lost Forest area. Summer recreational tourism activities are also popular in particular: hiking, cycling, camping, vacation camp at Villa du Carmel, the hebertism trail at the "Domaine de la forêt perdue" (Domain of the lost forest) and the suspended labyrinth.

Economy
The territory's economy is mainly focused on agriculture, forestry (especially along the Saint-Maurice River and in the northern part of the territory), several businesses, several recreational and tourist activities (e.g., camping, sugar bush, trails), public services (CPE, schools, municipality) and residential character. In addition to the main village, several residential or resort hamlets are spread over the territory, notably around Lake Doucet, Lake Morin, Lake Bellevue, Route des Vétérans and Mont Carmel (southwest side).

Geography
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is located along the Saint-Maurice River (north shore), its northwest side bordering Shawinigan-Sud; it borders on Saint-Louis-de-France, on the east side. Its north-west side comprises a large area of marsh extending to the east of the Saint-Maurice river between Lake Trotochaud and the cove at Rocheleau, up to 'au lac Noir. The head of the Rivière des Chutes is to the east of Lac à la Tortue.

The territory has seven ranges: rang des Grais (on the edge of Saint-Maurice), rang St-Louis (northwest side and southeast side), St-Flavien range (northwest side and southwest side) and rang St-Félix (northwest side and southeast side).

The area near the Saint-Maurice River is rather covered with forest. The northern zone of the municipal territory is predominantly agricultural.

The Rivière Cachée (Hidden River) is a tributary of the Saint-Maurice river (upstream of the La Gabelle dam). The Cachée river flows on crossing Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. The sinuosity of this river at the bottom of a flow in the lower part of its course explains the origin of its toponym. In the past, several road accidents occurred in the Cachée Coast of the old road segment linking Shawinigan-Sud and Cap-de-la-Madeleine.

Flowing mainly in agricultural areas, the Brûlée river flows over in Saint-Maurice. It flows onto the northwest shore of the Champlain River.

Get in
The village of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is accessible by road (cars or buses), ATV and snowmobile trails.

The village is located at the junction of chemin du rang St-Flavien (east and west) and rue des Vétérans. Highway 157 bypasses the village on the northeast side.

By car

 * From Montreal (. Time: 1 hr 53 min. From Montreal, take highway 40 (north shore) eastbound, to Trois-Rivières (Cap-de-la-Madeleine sector); Route 157 (northbound), crossing the village of Saint-Louis-de-France, to the village of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel.
 * From Quebec City (. Time: 1 hr 31 min. From Quebec City, take highway 40 westbound; take route 352 (northbound) through the village of Saint-Maurice; turn left at rang St-Félix; turn right at rue Landry and drive to the village of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel.

By bus
The MRC des Chenaux transport service allows you to travel to Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan, as well as some trips within the MRC. .

Eat

 * Restaurants


 * Sugar shacks

Cope

 * Municipal parks
 * Community Halls
 * Public library
 * Other sports activities
 * Ecocentre
 * Other sports activities
 * Ecocentre
 * Ecocentre
 * Ecocentre