IllustrationRestaurant
OmegaBon
Boreal cooking on Lac des Oiseaux, facing the arctic foxes and cinnamon bears. No park ticket needed for dinner.
Town · MRC de Papineau
Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours
Fewer than 300 residents, more than 300,000 visitors a year.
- Population
- 297 (2026)
- Area
- 281.78 km²
- Founded
- 1918
- Town hall
- 1, chemin de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours (Québec) J0V 1L0 · 819 423-5575
It has the smallest population in the MRC but not the smallest map: more than 280 km² of lakes, hills and hunting and fishing country behind Montebello. The municipality dates from 1918.
Mailing addresses often say "Montebello", but Parc Oméga, Kenauk Nature and the Vipassana Dhamma Suttama meditation centre are all here. The MRC counts more than 300,000 tourists a year.
For people who live here it's woods, cottages, and quiet once the Parc Oméga cars head home. The municipal building has two equipped community halls for rent.
Good to know
- Town hall: 1, chemin de l'Hôtel-de-Ville.
- Reached by Route 323 north of Montebello.
- Parc Oméga: a 12 km drive-through route with moose, elk, bison, wolves and bears.
- Kenauk Nature: a 265 km² private reserve with 65+ lakes.
- Vipassana Dhamma Suttama meditation centre: silent retreats.
- Two community halls for rent at the municipal building.
Places in Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours
Restaurants & cafés 1
IllustrationWhere to stay 1
IllustrationLodging
Hébergement insolite Parc Oméga
Teepees, prospector cabins, a stilt house and cottages with a view of the wolves.
Culture & heritage 1
Attraction
Parc Oméga
The drive-through safari: moose, elk, bison, wolves and bears along a 10 km road. Open all year.
Services 2
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Municipalité de Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours
Municipal office on chemin de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, open Monday to Thursday.
IllustrationService
Fassett-Lefaivre Ferry
Private toll ferry between Fassett and Lefaivre, Ontario. In winter, a marked ice bridge takes over once the river freezes solid.
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.
A day in La Petite-Nation with kids, never more than 20 minutes in the car
Parc Oméga's elk, build-your-own ice cream, a giant sundial, a waterfall that's free for kids and sculptures that move. Never more than 20 minutes in the car between stops.
La Petite-Nation from Montréal, in one big day or with a night
Two hours of highway, Parc Oméga's bison, gelato made on site, a Chénéville tourtière and Lac Simon from above. The plan for one long day, and the version with a night.
Nearby: Montebello · Papineauville · Saint-André-Avellin · Fassett · Plaisance