Kuei! Kuei!
A lake, a Laurentian forest, and three nomadic nations
An hour from Montreal, the Amishk site wraps around a private lake in Montcalm Regional Park. Guests sleep in a tipi or a prospector tent, eat under the shaputuan and learn the forest from Innu, Atikamekw, Cree or Anishnabe guides. This guide gathers what there is to know about the place.
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Located 1 hour drive from Montreal (88km), the Amishk Indian site is located around an exclusive lake in the Montcalm Regional Park, which offers a rich fauna and flora that transports you to the great nature of Quebec in a few kilometers only from the Olympic Stadium …
Amishk Aboriginal Adventures is an First Nation site located in the Laurentian natural forest of 13 km square which is an authentic showcase of nomadic Indian nations of Quebec. You will come across Native Americans from the Innu nations, Atikamekw, Cree and / or Anishnabe.
Do you want to live and experience adventures in the forest with an age-old understanding of our natural environment? So Amishk is for you!
Text published by Amishk Aventures Amérindiennes, 2020 season.
Amishk is the beaver in several Algonquian languages. The beaver trail starts at the lake.
The site, piece by piece
The Amishk site
Amishk sits on the shore of a lake of the same name inside Montcalm Regional Park, in Saint-Calixte.
Read →Sleeping on siteTipis & prospector tents
There are two ways to spend the night at Amishk: the tipi, with its fire in the centre and its bed of fir boughs, or the prospector tent, closer to a small canvas room with a wood stove and real beds.
Read →Indigenous cookingMeals
Meals are taken under the shaputuan, the great long tent.
Read →Through the dayActivities, summer – fall
Days at Amishk follow the weather and the visitors' curiosity: canoeing on the lake, the beaver trail, medicinal plants, furs and trapping, crafts, and the stories told around the fire.
Read →The ways to staySummer / fall packages
Amishk organised its visits in three formats: a five-hour getaway, a one-night "Amerindian discoveries" stay and the two-night "Amishk experience".
Read →Getting to AmishkTransfers from Montreal
Amishk is 88 km from downtown Montreal.
Read →The nations
Three nations, one forest territory
Innu
A vast territoryNomadic hunters, fishers and gatherers whose land ran from Quebec City to Labrador and north of Schefferville.
Atikamekw
The people of the barkIn the Upper Mauricie, in the Saint-Maurice basin; families still go back to the forest to hunt and trap.
Anishnabe
The people of the landFrom the Ottawa River to northern Abitibi; active today in reforestation, trapping and crafts.
« Our dream has always been to create a friendly, intimate site where the exchange between individuals, between nations is possible. A place where human values take precedence over commerce. »
Amishk's founders, 2017 · Who was behind Amishk
Who it suits
Depending on who came along, a stay took on a different colour.