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The Amishk site
Amishk sits on the shore of a lake of the same name inside Montcalm Regional Park, in Saint-Calixte. You cannot drive in: the parking lot is at the end of a forest road and the last stretch is done in a side-by-side vehicle, which keeps the camp well away from everything.
In Amishk's own words
Text published by Amishk Aventures Amérindiennes, 2019 season.
The Amishk site is not accessible directly with your vehicle. Even being near Montreal, we are very isolated in the forest. You must go with your vehicle to the parking lot at a fixed meeting time and then we transfer you by a « side by side » vehiule (buggy).
The main buildings / service facilities are:
- Reception pavilion with sanitary block (2 toilets-showers) & arts/craft shop
- Shaputuan – long tent – (meals, workshops, animation)
- Sweat tent
- Welcome tipi with interpretation
- Smoking tent (fish & meat)
- Circle of fire
- The traditional bark canoe
- Trails
- Pier with our 6 canoes
The buildings for accommodation are:
- 4 tipis (maximum capacity of 6 people each) on pinewood bed with firewood in the center;
- 4 prospecting tents, capacity of 4 people with 1 double bed and 2 single beds with wood stove with possibility of an extra folding bed for family of five
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