Festival
Namur Lumberjack Festival
NamurLate July or August · 2027 dates to be announcedCompetitions, demos and family activities built around logging, in a village that long lived off timber. In 2025 the stilt-walkers from…
Town · MRC de Papineau
Namur
There's a Namur in Belgium, one in Wisconsin, and this one on Route 323.
- Population
- 654 (2026)
- Area
- 57.98 km²
- Founded
- Vers 1870 (colons belges); érection civile en 1964
- Town hall
- 996, rue du Centenaire, Namur (Québec) J0V 1N0 · 819 426-2457
Namur was founded around 1870 by settlers from Namur, Belgium, and the connection never faded. Every three years the Fêtes Namuroises bring together this Namur, the Belgian one and the one in Wisconsin. Saint-Paul church in the centre is tied to the whole history of the place.
For a village of a few hundred people there's a fair bit here: an English-language elementary school, two gas stations, a grocery store and a hardware store. Forestry still matters, with the Forespect sawmill keeping local people employed.
Every late summer the Festival du Bûcheron reminds everyone of that. With kids, head to Parc Caracole, then wander the jardin de la relève with its artist-built cabins.
Good to know
- Town hall: 996, rue du Centenaire.
- Route 323.
- Services: English elementary school, grocery, hardware store, two gas stations.
- Festival du Bûcheron every late summer; Fêtes Namuroises every three years.
- Jardin de la relève: cabins made in 2013 by six professional artists.
- Parc Caracole for the kids.
Events in Namur
Festival
Namur Festivities
NamurRoughly every three years in summer (2013, 2016, 2019, 2025) · 2027 dates to be announcedThe party that brings together Namur, Quebec, Namur, Belgium, and Namur, Wisconsin. Walloon stilt-walkers and folk characters land in the…
Places in Namur
Restaurants & cafés 4
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Au Moulin du Temps
The oldest restaurant in the village. People come for breakfast, then pizza, poutine and burgers the rest of the day.
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Bob Barbecue – Smoker Grill Texan
Smokehouse food truck with ribs, pulled pork and chicken slow-cooked in the smoker, eat-in or take-out.
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KokoCafé
Small healthy take-out spot with fair-trade organic coffee, sandwiches and prepared meals. Open daily.
Groceries, bakeries & butchers 1
Farms, sugar shacks & drinks 1
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Jardin des Érables
Maple products sold at markets and online, with 1% of sales going to an environmental group. Visits by appointment.
Where to stay 8
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Chalet Famille au grand air
Three-bedroom cottage sleeping up to 15, with a hot tub and outdoor fire pit.
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Domaine Graham – Les Bouleaux Blancs
Seven cottages on four sites, with more than 20 km of private trails.
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Le Salon des Inconnus – Maison Favier
An inn in an 1898 Victorian house that also hosts artists in residence and events.
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Jardin de la relève (Ma cabane au Canada)
Artists' cabins set up in the village park in 2013. A good place to stretch your legs, and kids love them.
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Bibliothèque de Namur
Namur's municipal library, open two evenings a week. It shares a phone number with the school next door.
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Ma cabane au Canada (art public)
Five cabin-sculptures made in 2013 by professional artists in the village park's garden. A good stop to stretch your legs.
Shops & makers 1
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Matériaux Godin et Fils (RONA)
RONA-affiliated hardware and building supply store in the village.
Services 4
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Namur Intermediate School
The only English-language school inside the MRC, in Namur, run by the Western Québec School Board.
Groups & organizations
Faith communities · Chénéville
Saint-Félix-de-Valois Parish
Chénéville's Catholic parish. Since the Saint-Émile parish closed in 2023, it also serves Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk and Namur for baptisms, weddings and funerals.
Health & support · Chénéville
Friends of Mutual Aid, North Petite-Nation
Mutual-aid non-profit for the northern Petite-Nation, listed in Chénéville's directory of local groups.
Seniors · Namur
FADOQ Namur/St-Émile Club
The FADOQ club shared by Namur and Saint-Émile (K065). Free board games on Mondays, cards on Tuesday nights, plus dinners (Christmas, spaghetti night, AGM) by reservation.
Board games Monday 1:30 p.m., cards Tuesday 7 p.m., September to May, at the Carrefour Namurois
Community · Namur
Namur Recreation Committee
Namur's recreation committee posts all its activities on its Facebook page, so that's where to look.
Faith communities · Namur
St. Paul's United Church, Namur
Namur's United Church, which lists a Bible camp and a Jr High Lunch for kids on the town's website. Its pastoral charge also covers the Brookdale church in Boileau.
Sports & recreation · Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
Les Pas d'amis walking club
Tuesday-morning walking club that rotates its start between Saint-Émile, Namur and Lac-des-Plages, with carpool outings further afield (Montebello, Mont-Tremblant). Walk whatever distance suits you.
Tuesdays 10 a.m. (fall), leaving from the Saint-Émile or Lac-des-Plages town halls, or Au Moulin du Temps in Namur
Health & support · Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
Saint-Émile community kitchen
A community kitchen one Wednesday morning a month at the community hall. You cook as a group and take your dishes home. Sign up through the rec department.
One Wednesday a month, 9 a.m. to noon, community hall
Faith communities · Boileau
Brookdale United Church
Built in 1905 as a Methodist church, United Church since 1924. A handful of summer services and a Christmas Eve celebration, under the Namur pastoral charge.
A few Sundays in summer and on December 24
Magazine
Where to stay in La Petite-Nation, from inns to teepees
A log château, an 1898 Victorian full of artists, an old post office, teepees next to the wolves. Our rundown of the ways to spend the night out here.
An easy 86 km three-wheeler loop through La Petite-Nation
Routes 323, 315, 321 and 148, nothing else. An 86 km loop for Spyders and trikes, with stops right on the route, gelato, lunch on a terrace and the 75th meridian.
A day in La Petite-Nation from Mont-Tremblant
An hour south on Route 323, coffee in Namur, a picnic under the Montagnes Noires shelter, Montpellier's pies and Lac Simon from above. No lineups.
Nearby: Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk · Chénéville · Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix · Lac-Simon · Lac-des-Plages