Outaouais

The Outaouais is a region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Cities Chelsea Gatineau (Aylmer, Buckingham, Hull, Masson-Anger & Gatineau) Wakefield Low Maniwaki Masham Papineauville Thurso Val-des-Monts Fort-Coulonge Other destinations Understand Outaouais in French and Ottawa in English are both from the same Indian word. One wonders what it sounded like. Talk You will find in the Outaouais region a really bilingual population. You can easily get understood in French or English in most places, being so close to Ontario. Get in By Car If you come from Montreal, you are likely to take either the provincial road 148 (on the Québec side of the Ottawa river) or the trans-canadian highway 417 on the Ontario side of the Ottawa river. Get around By Car Driving in Gatineau and Ottawa is fairly simple. Finding a parking spot is not a big problem maybe except downtown Hull and even so... it is nothing compared to Montreal. By Bus STO - Société de Transport de l'Outaouais - This is the main one in Gatineau. All bus routes go through Ottawa. - http://www.sto.ca OC-Transpo - This is the one from Ottawa. Some bus routes are going to Gatineau. - http://www.octranspo.com Greyhound - If you want to get to more remote areas like Maniwaki, Papineauville, etc. and you don't have a car, you might be able to get there by bus. By Boat You can sail on the Ottawa and the Gatineau rivers and the Rideau canal. By Bike There are many bike paths in the region, especially in Gatineau. See Grands feux du casino Olympiques de Gatineau - The local hockey team, on the Ligue de Hockey Junior-Majeur du Québec. Maison de la culture, Gatineau - Musicians, signers and humourists. Do Ski at Mont Ste. Marie, Camp Fortune, Edelwisse, Mont Cascades, or Ski Vorlage Bungee Jump at the Great Canadian Bungee - highest bungee jump in the Americas Golf Mont Cascades water park Camping, and beach tourism at the regions numerous lakes. Eat Drink Stay safe Get out This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!