La Mauricie National Park of Canada

Semi-Serviced Campgrounds

Two campers are making a campfire near their tent at the Rivière-à-la-Pêche Campground.
The Rivière-à-la-Pêche
Campground

© Parks Canada/J. Pleau

Living in the Heart of Nature

Get back in touch with nature by staying at one of the three campgrounds in the park. You will appreciate their safety, cleanliness and tranquility. The sites are located in wooded areas so as to respect the privacy of each group of campers.

Sites, Facilities, and Services

With a total capacity of 581 campsites, campgrounds can accommodate tents, tent-trailers, trailers and motorized vehicles. Each site is equipped with a fireplace and picnic table, and is located near a drinking water outlet. The service buildings are equipped with washbasins, toilets and showers. Each campground also has an amphitheatre and a sewage dumping station. Firewood is available for purchase. three loops have electrical hookups.

Services vary from one campground to another. Here is a brief description of what is offered at each:

Rivière-à-la-Pêche Campground

  • 254 sites, 62 with electricity.
  • Kitchen shelters.
  • Close to a large network of hiking and mountain bike trails.
  • 12 km from Édouard Lake beach, via the Parkway.
  • Evening programs during summer.
  • Children's playground.
  • Snack-bar and boat rental (12 km).

Mistagance Campground

  • 108 sites.
  • 1 km from Les Cascades waterfalls and the beaches of Wapizagonke Lake.
  • Close to a network of short hiking trails.
  • Evening programs during summer.
  • Snack-bar and boat rental (1 km).
  • Children's playground.

Wapizagonke Campground

  • 219 sites, 29 of them located in a pedestrian camping loop.
  • Kitchen shelters.
  • Each camping loop has access to a beach.
  • Less than 3 km from the Lac-Gabet and Vieux-Brûlis trails.
  • Evening programs during summer.
  • Convenience store and boat rental (1.5 km).

Reservations, Rates, and Schedule

In summer, the campgrounds are fully occupied for several weeks. Prospective visitors are strongly recommended to reserve in advance.

Reservations

Campers can reserve a campsite by visiting the Internet service (available 24 hours a day) at www.pccamping.ca or by dialing 1-877-737-3783 (1-877- RESERVE), a toll-free number to a call-centre (from 7am to 7pm), which also offers a TTY number: 1-866-787-6221. If you are calling from abroad, you will find the international number at www.pccamping.ca

Regulations

Arrival to campgrounds: between 3 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

At the campgrounds, a park attendant will assign you a site number. If you arrive too early, feel free to enjoy the other services available at the park.

Refund Policy

For Your Information

What you need to know

The number of consecutive nights reserved on the same site can be from 1 to 14.

  • Check-in time: 3 pm; check-out time: 2 pm
  • While pets are permitted in campgrounds, they must be kept on a leash and under surveillance at all times. No pets will be allowed on beaches or trails, in boats or in public buildings.
  • At any campsite, the following limits apply: six people; two vehicles, including tent-trailer, trailer and motorized recreational vehicle; two pieces of equipment including tent, tent-trailer, trailer and motorized recreational vehicle.
  • No entry to the campground will be allowed after 9:30 p.m. Curfew is at 11 p.m.
  • It is prohibited to use dead or living wood from the park forests to light or maintain a fire. Use only the firewood sold for that purpose.

It is important to know and respect all the other Park regulations.