Route Nature aux mille délices

The route Nature aux mille délices ("nature with a thousand delights") is a tourist route in Quebec, designated as a "gourmet route". Its purpose is to highlight the agritourism products of the North Shore. This gourmet route corresponds to the Route des Baleines, a route signposted on the route by the "Ministère des Transports du Québec" (Quebec Ministry of Transport).

Understand
The gourmet circuit was drawn up in 2008. The following year, activities were set up to promote local products to tourists.

Local producers/traders can contribute through various initiatives: local product kiosks, public markets, gourmet circuits, updating the websites of producers/traders, presence on social media, promotion of local food products, tastings (e.g., wine and cheese), special dishes in restaurants, and gourmet tour packages (e.g., integrated into guided tours).

This gourmet tour of the Côte-Nord is characterized above all by seafood; some local products are made from wild berries and game.

The nature route of a thousand delights has twice received a Grand Prix du tourisme:
 * in 2010, the road won the prize in the category: Tourist attractions: less than 100,000 visitors;
 * in 2012, it won in the category: Tourist attractions: less than 25,000 visitors.

Minganie and Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent regions

 * Segment connected to the Quebec road network

Beyond Kegaska (village of the municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent), the visitors have to take the Relais Nordik, a supply ship, to continue east in Basse-Côte-Nord, airplane or snowmobile in winter.
 * Segment not connected to the Quebec road network



See
Most of the tourist attractions are located near Route 138. The attractions highlighted on this tourist route are related to accommodation, restaurants, production and processing of tourist products on the North Shore. In 2013, it has 36 members who can be found in various tourist sectors, including a museum.

Eat
Local products and seafood are strong in the restaurant sector.

Go next

 * Route Blanche (English: "White Road"), a snowmobile trail on the Lower North Shore (Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent), stretching over 525 km between Natashquan and Blanc-Sablon. In winter, this road becomes the main mode of transportation between the villages of the Lower North Shore.
 * Route des Baleines, a tourist route of Quebec, which follows the northern coast of the estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the region of the North Shore, over, between Tadoussac and Blanc-Sablon. This tourist route offers opportunities for observing marine mammals, on the coast, in group excursions or in light boats (e.g., sea kayak). This road also includes information centers on marine mammals (eg museum) for public education.