Activities and experiences
Chambly Canal National Historic Site
By bike, on foot or by boat, come and admire the lockage operations and enjoy a family picnic in the Parc les Ateliers. Explore the Old Chambly or the Old St-Jean with a stroll. The Chambly Canal is also a welcoming place in winter when you can practice skating, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing.
Other activities
Calendar of events
Schedule of events and interpretive programs.
Learn-to Adventure Activities
List of all Learn-to Adventure activities.
Lockage and navigation
Maps, suggested routes and rates when planning your visit.
Paddle sports
Boat launch, navigation sticker and seasonal lockage permit for canoe or kayak.
Fishing
Fishing on the Chambly Canal banks.
Path and parks
Bike path, picnic areas and more.
The Chambly Canal path
Discover a 20 km trail linking the towns of Chambly, Carignan and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Red chairs
The red chairs on the Chambly Canal banks.
Winter activities
Learn-To Winter activities, winter trail, skating rink and other winter sports.
Chambly Canal, a family experience
Transcript
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[Music] There is no narration.
A timelapse of boats coming and out of the locks of the Chambly Canal. [Title: Chambly Canal National Historic Site]
A mother and her children walk with their bikes to an interpretation panel.
Afterward, the family explores the marina.
A Parks Canada employee who activates the door lock crank.
The locks that fill.
A Parks Canada employee who helps a boat owner to moor the ship to cross the locks.
Another employee of Parks Canada activates the crank to open the locks gates.
The family goes for a bike ride on the bike path.
A drawbridge is up to let a boat continue his path.
The family is having a picnic in the shade of a tree.
Children play ball and enjoy an ice cream cone while watching the air balloons that rises in the distance.
A timelapse of the locks a dusk.
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Things to do
Boating
Canoeing
Cross country skiing
Cycling
Dog walking
Hiking
Ice skating
Interpretive trail
Kayaking
Mooring
Motorboating
Sailboating
Snowshoeing
Fatbike
Picnicking
Bird watching
Photography
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