Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles — Attraction in Laval (administrative region)

This review mainly concerns the rental service. I would give the rental service 1star but the scenery/ambiance 4 stars. Due to COVID, they only allow for min 3hrs rental or full day. And they also inflated their prices due to having to sanitize the kayaks/canoes. You can’t reserve online. The lineup for rental was one hour long, and even when you pay, you have to wait another 20min to get a kayak, which eats into the time you have. The people that are taking the kayaks in/out and need to sanitize are understaffed. So it’s a long wait! There is a strong current, but there is enough to kayak/canoe around for 3hours and not become repetitive. You see two big highways though which takes away from the “away from city” feel. The worst part of my experience, is because we waited so long and had our kayaks at end of day, we returned our kayaks 5min before closing and then weren’t allowed to use the bathroom. The manager did not want to let us, even though they close 5min after, and the toilets were not even clean by the cleaning crew yet. That attitude is unacceptable! customers should be able to use the facility for human necessities. I am from montreal, and probably won’t...

We came here for the sunset Kayak and our guides were Alissa and Nathan. We were a couple and the rest of the people were on a company outing. It wasn't marked too well so we walked down and asked and everyone was aware of where to wait so that's nice. You go down by the kayaks and wait at the tables available.

It was really beautiful, we got to see a lot of homes of beavers and huge herons. We didn't see the full beavers out of water but they did smack the water as a sign of "stay away" even at 200m away from the beaver dams. Alissa the guide explained to use how they have restored this river to nearly bathable and all the $$ you pay for these activities goes towards preserving this beautiful river.

I wish the guides would have said this to everyone first because I love that and will come back because of this. Its very nice at sunset. You don't need any specific gear, we just paid online and came in comfortable clothes.

Beautiful river, wildlife, nice guides and well organized and clean. Bonus - your money goes to a...

Be careful with Summer Camp Econature, they will rip out your money. Read the policy, if you cancel on less than 8 business days, not 7 days as it is written, they will keep your money or if you have the chance to cancel they will take 20% and will reimburse on a cheque 5 days later, even if you paid cash or with debit card... We never had these issues prior years somewhere else. So my advise, do not book too much time ahead, or book someone with better policies. As we couldn't cancel one week my daughter went to the camp («Dans la peau d’un biologiste»), first day it was raining, she got all wet and they put them in a place to dry their clothes... but over them!!!... then in the afternoon they went on boats but as it was raining in AM the boats were all wet inside... summary next day 40 C fever, headache and pain... so finally she lost the whole week and I have to stay home and miss my job.... not helpful at all as...