Belvedere
Baie St-Pancrace
A lookout accessible via Route 138
just minutes from Baie-Comeau!
The view never gets old!
The St-Pancrace lookout, located 8 kilometers east of Baie-Comeau, is a magnificent 600-metre-high viewpoint (nearly 2000 feet for the old-timers)! Access is via a parking lot off Route 138 (on the right as you approach from Baie-Comeau).
It offers the finest view of the fjard (yes, fjard, not fjord) and Anse St-Pancrace, as well as the St. Lawrence River, which stretches as far as the eye can see.
Witness to the passage of glaciers, this grandiose landscape makes us feel very small on our vast planet... If there's ONE place you MUST take a selfie, this is it!
If you walk a few more steps to the top, you can also catch a glimpse of Low Lake on the other side of Route 138, and have a picnic sitting on a flat rock overlooking the cliff. If you're afraid of heights, step back a little and stick to the spruce trees!
St-Pancrace...
the name sounds familiar?
Back in the days of alcohol prohibition in the 1930s, bootleggers used to hide in this very bay to make their forbidden deliveries! A story that inspired the name of our local microbrewery!
Important information:
Note that you have to climb a few dozen steps to get to the top, so it takes fit legs. Unfortunately, we don't have the exact number of steps, as we can't count them because the exceptional view hypnotizes us, and we lose count every time we try!
If you can do it, let us know!
If you're afraid of heights, you can stop at the landing where you feel most comfortable, and admire the scenery from the comfort of a bench.
In winter, you'll need good hiking boots to get up there.