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Forest fires: certain territories closed until further notice | Details
Reminder: Open fires banned throughout the province
Parc national de Plaisance lies in the Outaouais tourism region.
| Montréal | Québec | Gatineau | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery and Visitors Centre | 144 km | 381 km | 70 km |
From Montreal:
From Gatineau:
A transportation service is offered by Navette Nature from Montreal.
The park is open year-round. When planning your activities, find out when the services are available for each sector.
During winter, the park remains accessible by foot or snowshoe. Until the end of April, the registration buildings and washrooms are closed and the trails are not groomed. Only the Discovery and Visitors Centre parking lot is open. You must purchase your daily access online. During this period, we can be reached by email at parc.plaisance@sepaq.com.
Reception, information, Boutique Nature, rest area, exhibit room, camper registration, watercraft and bicycle rental
Periods:
Watercraft and bicyle rental at the Discovery and Visitors Centre
Offered from May 27 to October 1, 2023, depending on weather conditions.
Reception, information, convenience store (firewood and ice), Boutique Nature, rest area, equipment rental
Periods:
Nautical equipment rental at the La Carapace Visitors Centre is offered from June 24 to September 4, 2023. Before or after this period, please go to the Discovery and Visitors Centre.
Reception , information, Boutique Nature, rest area
Periods:
Self Registration
When the reception desks are closed, customers must pay their entry fee (cash only) using the self-payment terminal or by purchasing their daily access online.
The community centre and the campground washroom facilities are accessible to the mobility-impaired.
Near the swimming pool and the playground is the community centre. It has a coin laundry for visitors.
To better plan your activities, please consult our family services.
A kilometre from the Discovery and Visitors Centre, the village of Plaisance has several stores and service outlets: grocery stores, restaurants, gas services, etc.
A bit further east, Papineauville and Montebello offer several categories of accommodation: bed and breakfasts, motels, prestige hotels, etc.
The greater Hull-Aylmer-Gatineau urban area and the national capital region offer a full range of specialized services as well as numerous cultural institutions.
No public transit directly serves the park. Travellers can, however, take the bus that runs from Montréal to Ottawa and Hull and get off at the Plaisance stop, about 7 km from the park entrance.
Mailing Address:
1001 Chemin des Presqu'îles
Plaisance
(Québec)
J0V 1S0
Telephone : 819 427-5350
Fax : 819 427-5905
Regulations are in effect in Québec national parks. Before going to a national park, check the main rules and recommendations to better plan your visit. Details
Since May 17, 2019, dogs are allowed. However, they are only allowed in certain areas. Check out the applicable rules and authorized sites.
Guide dogs and service dogs are allowed everywhere. Other pets are still prohibited in national parks.
Companion Leisure Card (CAL) holders may be accompanied free of charge by one person during a visit in a Québec national park. Find out more
Trails map - Des Presqu'îles sector
(in French only)
KML files
To view the KML files, you must have the Google Earth software on your computer.
GPX files
The GPX file is a file format importable into a GPS.
The mobile app allows you to geotag your location on our territory maps. To read one of our maps using Avenza Maps, download the maps from the Avenza Maps mapstore.
Several other maps of Sépaq (including lake maps) are accessible via the mapstore of Avenza Maps. You can access the maps directly in the application or via their website.
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