Eastern Canada, Here we Come – Val Jalbert, Quebec – 2025 – Part 3

Val Jalbert is about a 3 hour drive north of Quebec City. We were able to get a site in Alma at the Dam En Terre campground. It was an okay campground and very close to the Blueberry Trail bike Trail which was handy because we brought our bikes with us this trip. This is a 256 km trail in the heart of the Lac-Saint-Jean area. We did go biking once or twice while camping here but I was most excited to spend the day at Val Jalbert.

  • Blueberry Trail
  • Clint and our bikes
  • Me and our bikes !
  • We drove our bikes to the marina, right across from our campground

The first photo on this post is of the school that opened in 1907 (way up at the top!). The location of the Maligne waterfall was determined a perfect spot to build a pulp mill and the town of Val Jalbert was built up from there to a population of 950 people. They had stores, post office, school, butcher shop, hotel, bakery, flour mill and more.

Now it’s a fun and unique tourist attraction.

  • Visitor Centre
  • From the entrance/town, you could walk or take a trolley to the mill
  • Main street
  • The Nuns ran the school
  • A school picture 1914
  • The Chapel room
  • Just off the main street
  • Inside one of the stores
  • If you read this, the prices were great! Not like now…

I’m going to keep my posts shorter, so next post, we head on the trolley and go to the Pulp Mill and take a cable car to the top of the mountain!

Stay tuned….

14 thoughts on “Eastern Canada, Here we Come – Val Jalbert, Quebec – 2025 – Part 3”

  1. Such a wonderful small town! I’ll bet the sir smells good there in the forest. I pronounce the J as an H having been living down here around Spanish signage that still confuses me. There is plenty of Canadian Shield rock up there. The lake looks very inviting as do your electric bikes!

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  2. Fabulous! Love the photos of you two and your sense of adventure! Blueberry Trail sounds delightfully Willy Wonkaish. 🫐👍🏻 Thank you for sharing your wonderful photos and travel notes. 👏🏻

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  3. I like this little town, quaint, steeped in history. I like that little red trolley as well. I like the shots of you and Clint posing with your bikes. I’m looking forward to seeing more from this trip!

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