Crédit: Mathieu Dupuis
Come Aboard!
When the ferry leaves the shore, a shiver rises with the waves.
The heart stirs, carried by the salty air and the widening horizon.
Behind, the land drifts away; ahead, the island draws near—
a well-kept secret suspended between two worlds.
Then, your foot touches the ground.
The air is purer here. The sky, wider.
The river dances with the sun, and the birds sing as if they had been waiting for you.
Here, time slows down — sometimes, it even stops.
Thoughts grow calm, the heart opens,
and you understand without words that you’ve arrived somewhere real, somewhere pure.
The Isle recognizes you. It knows.
It has been waiting for you all along.
It’s not by chance — it’s a rendezvous.
With peace. With beauty.
And for a moment — or a lifetime — you become a porpoise by adoption.
To choose Isle-aux-Coudres is to root yourself in the wild beauty of the St. Lawrence.
It’s to live to the rhythm of the tides,
to let yourself be carried by the seasons and the spirit of the people.
It’s to embrace insularity and become part of a caring community,
where living memory meets a thrilling future.
It’s to dwell within a horizon — and to feel at home there.
