The great family activity!
Semi-serviced campgrounds
La Mauricie National Park
Get in touch with nature!
Over 500 wooded and semi-serviced campsites are available in the Mistagance, Wapizagonke and Rivière à la Pêche campgrounds to make your stay enjoyable. They can accommodate tents, tent-trailers, trailers and motor homes.
Reservation
All semi-serviced campsites can be reserved using the Parks Canada Reservation Service under the heading “Frontcountry Camping”. This service has all the information you need concerning reservation procedures and refund policy.
Internet: www.reservation.pc.gc.ca
Telephone: 1 877 737-3783 (1 877 RESERVE) from 8 am to 6 pm
Téléphone (Outside of North America) : 1 519 826-5391
Please note that you do not need to print your reservation and present it upon arrival. Simply arrive at the entrance kiosks or service points with a digital copy or your reservation number to speed up the process.
Fees
Dates and hours of operation
Rivière à la Pêche
Rivière à la Pêche Campground features service buildings including a kitchen shelter, a sanitary block and four accessible showers stalls.
- 6 km from the Saint-Jean-des-Piles entrance
- 222 campsites, including 98 with electricity (two outlets, each with an independent power supply: a 120V - 15/20 amperes and a 120V - 30 amperes)
- Wheelchair-accessible sites
- F loop dedicated for oTENTik accommodations (13 units 4 seasons)
- Kitchen shelters and washrooms with shower (free) in each loop
- Children's playground
- Close to a large network of hiking and trail bicycling
- Beach and boat rental all within 12 km (Lac Edouard picnic area)
- Cellular network reception and WiFi
- Close to the Rivière à la Pêche Service Centre
GPS coordinates
- Latitude : 46.7552
- Longitude : -72.8092
Mistagance
Mistagance Campground has one service building in A loop, and two service buildings in B loop.
- 3 km from the Saint-Mathieu entrance
- 91 campsites including 26 campsites with electricity (two outlets, each with an independent power supply: a 120V - 15/20 amperes and a 120V - 30 amperes)
- Service building with free toilets and showers in each loop
- Children's playground
- Close to a network of hiking trails
- Beaches, waterfalls and boat rental within 1 km (Shewenegan picnic area)
- O loop reserved for oTENTik accommodations (12 units 3 seasons)
The "M" bridge and the section under it at the Shewenegan Picnic Area are closed to the public until further notice for safety reasons. During summer 2026, here is how to access the Cascades and basin 2 of Wapizagonke Lake.
GPS coordinates
- Latitude : 46.6653
- Longitude : -72.9947
Wapizagonke
- 25 km from the Saint-Mathieu entrance
- 217 campsites including the walk-in camping loop
- Service building with kitchen shelter, toilets and free showers in each loop
- Nearby beach
- Located near La Terrasse trail
- Boat rental within 1.5 km (Wapizagonke picnic area)
Walk-in camping loop
The walk-in camping loop now has a service building, including a kitchen shelter, a sanitary block and four accessible shower stalls.
- 29 campsites
- Pedestrian access only
- Parking lot located at loop entrance
GPS coordinates
- Latitude : 46.7395
- Longitude : -73.045
Regulations
In addition to the national park’s general regulations, campers must also comply with a few extra regulations:
- The following schedule must be complied with:
- Check-in time: between 2 pm and 9:30 pm at campground
- Check-out time: 11 am
- Non-campers must leave by 10 pm
- Quiet time (curfew) is from 11 pm to 7 am
- Permitted use of generators: only between 9 am and noon, and between 5 pm and 8 pm, for a maximum duration of one (1) hour per period. Outside of these hours, their use is prohibited.
- A maximum of 6 people is allowed on each campground.
- You must set up your tent on the designated area in order not to harm plant life. Damaging vegetation in any way is prohibited. It is forbidden to move the stop blocks used to mark off the parking space.
- Subject to fine and/or expulsion, it is forbidden to:
- behave in a way that disturbs others (partying, etc.)
- keep one’s site in a condition deemed unsatisfactory by the park superintendant.
- For listening to music in the park, only the use of personal headphones is allowed.
- Pets must be kept at all times on a leash, in a cage or in a vehicle and supervised at all times. Domestic animals must never be left alone on a campsite, or in any camping equipment (tent, tent-trailer, trailer, motor home, etc). Your pets must be kept inside the tent, trailer or vehicle overnight. They must not disturb campers nearby and must not be a source of harm to people and wildlife.
- Bringing firewood into national parks from outside is prohibited. It is important to purchase wood from the park and burn it on site.
- It is forbidden to light or maintain a fire anywhere except in fireplaces. It is forbidden to use dead wood or wood taken from the forest to light or maintain a fire.
- It is important to observe wildlife from an appropriate distance and not to feed them.
- Visitors must take back their garbage and dispose of it in designated areas.
- Never leave food, coolers, food or drink containers—full or empty—soap, cooking equipment, or personal hygiene products unattended or within reach. Store them in the trunk of your vehicle or in your recreational vehicle when not in use.
Useful information:
- Each campsite is equipped with a fire pit and a picnic table and is located near a water source.
- Each campground has a sewage dumping station.
- Ice and firewood are sold at the wood yards of the Mistagance, Wapizagonke and Rivière à la Pêche campgrounds, as well as at the Boat and Equipment Rental Centres at the Shewenegan, Lac Edouard and Wapizagonke Picnic Areas.
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