Saguenay Fjord National Park

Québec Province

The Province of Québec is a big and mostly empty place. It is roughly the size of the United States east of the Mississippi River but has the same population as New York City, with that population clustered tightly along its southern border.

Such is why our neighbor Amèlie warned us to "never go north" — there is remarkably little there. Unfortunately, I wanted to visit the Saguenay Fjord National Park and that is clearly to the north, so north we went.

Saguenay Fjord

Around 200 million years ago, a large area of rock between two fault lines collapsed, creating a rift valley that was 160 miles long and 31 miles wide. During the last Ice Age, thick sheets of ice gouged the fjord into the valley floor. When the ice later melted, seawater rushed in from the St. Lawrence River. We visited the fjord yesterday and took a 2-hour tour on one of their zodiac boats.

The Selfies

Are we making progress?

The Panorama

Saguenay Fjord, from the boat dock.