Pourvoirie Richard

Run by the Richard family for several generations, Pourvoirie Richard sits in the Lanaudière region, about ten minutes from the village of Saint-Michel-des-Saints. Five comfortable, freshly decorated chalets — all reachable by car, each with a BBQ and an outdoor fireplace — are spread across two brook-trout (speckled trout) lakes. Fishing is the headline activity, on a European plan: the chalet, a boat for two and the fishing right are all included in the rates. The outfitter also offers spring bear hunting (the Roger chalet and a baited site included), summer 'family vacation' packages and, in August, mushroom-foraging workshops (with Labrador tea or a fly-fishing initiation). Bought by Joseph Richard and developed by Clément Richard in the 1930s, the outfitter is today in the hands of Éric Richard and Nathalie Vadnais.