The sun was shining, it’s the weekend, what’s more Canadian that escaping the city to find the countryside?
With that in mind we ventured out of Montréal to the Eastern Townships (Cantons de l’Est or Estrie in French). Not really knowing them too well, we chose Magog, one of the better known towns.
Magog is on the Northern edge of lake Memphrémagog who’s southern end stretches into the US. It’s a quaint and very touristic town, really with one main street full of cafés, restaurants, ice-cream parlours and clothes shops. Really nice for lunch and a mooch around.
Walking along the main street you come to the lake. There’s a nice big childrens’ playground with is very well maintained (like all I’ve seen in Canada). In the same area there are lots of picnic tables, trees for shade and groups of Canadians meeting up with friends.
Walking a bit further, you come to the small stretches of beach. The sand is quite coarse and dark, but it’s sand and when the sun is shining, the lake’s water lapping in your ears, it’s great. The kids love paddling there too. Magog even provide life-guards!
There are lots of bikes around Magog and their occupants seem to love peddling gently along the promenade which is split between pedestrians and cyclists.
Walk a bit further and you’ve left town! Well, not quite. On the edge of Magog is the infotourist cabin. It’s well worth stopping off and having a look at what’s on offer. It’s well stocked with leaflets and the staff are very friendly.
Of course the main attraction in the Magog area is the Mont Orford national park, but that will be for another post.
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