Les Enfants de Rolande

In the heart of Minganie, Les Enfants de Rolande sits in a corner of the country still in its wild state, on the shore of the vast Lac Costebelle. Alain Deraps and his wife Rolande built their first chalet here in 1994, and the place is now run by the family. The lake holds two species, Arctic char — the 'char', as anglers here call it — and brook trout, in native populations only: fishing of a quality protected by limited fly-in access. You stay in two well-equipped chalets sleeping two to six on the European plan, or at the inn, which takes up to eight guests on the American plan with meals included. The season runs from late May to mid-September, and in August the sky lends itself to the northern lights.