Municipalité de Chertsey
Population 5 184
Matawinie County
The village of Chertsey was founded by the parish priest Curé Paré of
Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm. Today it is a vacation area with many lakes
and creeks converging on the Ouareau River, where logs used to float
downstream until the 1950s. The scenery here is especially beautiful.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer/aviator and author of the famous
book The Little Prince, was supposed to have stayed here in a cabin
close to the Boute-en-Train camp. You may wish to stop for prayer and
reflection at the Marie-Reine-des-Cœurs sanctuary, in a beautiful forest
setting. A few kilometers further on, you can take to the trails of
Ouareau Forest Regional Park.
333, avenue de l'Amitié
Chertsey, QC
J0K 3K0
Tourisme Lanaudière represents almost 400 enterprises and other entities and is officially recognized by the Quebec government as a regional tourism association. This non-profit organization brings business people together with the aim of helping the region's economy grow by coordinating, developing and promoting tourism.
