The ferry, with the unimaginative name CTMA Vacancier, left the Bickerdike Basin in the Port of Montéal at 3pm, and it was fun to cruise past Habitat 67, all the Old Port area, under the Jacques Cartier bridge and out past the more industrial downstream parts of the port.
After we cleared the island of Montréal the shore was mainly low cliffs with waterfront houses, with the occasional village (marked by the church). What surprised us were the sudden appearances of large industrial areas like the metal works at Contrecoeur.
We arrived at Lac St. Pierre towards dusk. A large, shallow, very calm lake. We could see the bridge at Trois Rivière from a long way off, and watch freighters slowly approach us, carefully following the channel markers.
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