Quebec City to Baie-Sainte-Catherine, ferry,  sand dunes and fjord du Saguenay 

As we have such good weather we decided that we would explore the 

saint Lawrence River going further east and north.

We followed the coastline of the St Lawrence river for many miles. It is so wide and beautiful.

Crossing the road in front of us we saw a marmot about the size of a cat..:

At Baie-sainte-Catherine we stopped to see the watchout point for whales. There are beluga whales out today and I think or I hope I saw one about 4 times or was it a wave? Two girls looking through binoculars seemed to be excited about it.

Here the road runs out and you go on a free car ferry across the fjord. To tadoussac. 

Here we asked at the tourist information centre for maps and where to go for your best views of the area. 

We continued to see the famous sand dunes 

Then returned to Tadoussac and picked up the road above the fjord. (fjord du Saguenay)

There are only a couple of places to see the water in the fjord on the north side as there are steep hills blocking the view from the highway.

We called-at Anse de Roche 

And Sante-Rose-du Nord

After this the huge long fjord becomes a wide river inland to the city of Saguenay

We crossed the bridge at Saguenay and eventually picked up the road highway 175 direct to Quebec City. 2 hours away. This road is dual carriageway all the way and rolling hills very pretty and easy to drive. There were warnings of moose all along here. Fortunately we didn’t have one run out in front of the car!

A long day but we saw so much more of eastern Quebec and the st. Lawrence river going north. I hope you like my photos x