BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 4, 2025
Just like in Maine, the people of Quebec embrace the wilderness through outdoor activities like snowshoeing and skiing, hiking and biking, ice skating and canoeing. Conserved land and trail systems are scattered throughout the province, which is home to 28 national parks, and that doesn’t count trail networks like Sentier des Caps de Charlevoix. Plus there are downhill ski mountains and — of particular interest to me — a 9-mile ice skating trail called Domaine de la Forêt Perdue, which roughly translates to “field of the lost forest.”