lac saint michel campground

I love this city. Trois Riviere is definitely worth spending a couple of days in this area. The photo above is a statue? I’m not really sure but anyways it is in the front lawn of the Pop Museum which showcases popular culture, examining it’s evolution. When we went, there were 7 exhibits, 5 upstairs and 2 downstairs. The exhibits included a toy exhibit, prison exhibit, Quebec history exhibit and more. It was a lot of fun going through this museum.

Prison exhibit
Canadian invented items!
More toys
Toys
Only Quebec would have an accordion exhibit
He’s pretty impressive whoever he is
More sculptures like the big one on the front lawn

We had purchased tickets to go to the old prison and it included the Pop Museum. I think we paid $28 each for entrance to both places and parking was $10. We were able to find a good parking lot and could walk to both places as well as a couple of other spots.

They only do one English tour of the Old Prison at 12:15 most days and it takes about 90 minutes. And if you are wondering what the name of the prison is, it’s literally the Old Prison or en francais…Vieille Prison de Trois Rivieres. Our guide was very good and he told us that right up until the prison closed in 1986, the prisoners had to use buckets in their cells as they did not have toilets. The prison was shut down for unsanitary conditions. Also, it was supposed to hold about 40 people but upwards of 100 prisoners were housed here. Crime doesn’t pay……….

Operating from 1822-1986
Hallway
Famous prisoner
Their dinner plate and what they got
Old buildings out behind the prison

A couple of miscellaneous photos. First is our campground, our trailer is the only one there. And crikey! It’s another field at Lac Saint-Michel campground.

Archibald’s was a restaurant we went to and they had a terrific Shepherd’s Pie. Then at some point, we walked to Temps en Pint brewery. They had a really quaint outdoor eating area. We didn’t care for their beer, we always split a taster tray or sampler tray. So for those wondering, there is maybe 16 ounces of beer total for two people. It’s usually 4 tiny glasses with 4 ounces in each but that way we get to try different ones.

Marianna’s Distillery was a lovely spot to relax. We tried a taster tray of their liquors; chocolate rum, spicy rum, maple rum and a gin. They had comfortable chairs and as we had done a lot of walking that day, it was nice to just relax.

The last photos are at La Forge du Malt Brewery, probably my favourite brewery on this entire trip. They had an Old School IPA which was right up my alley and Clint liked the stout aged in Bourbon barrels.