You Can Float Your Worries Away At This River Tube Course 1.5 Hours From Montreal​

It's like a lazy river at a waterpark except the waterpark is nature!

Two people walk their tubes up the river to take the course. Right: Someone floats down the river in a tube.

Two people walk their tubes up the river to take the course. Right: Someone floats down the river in a tube.

Staff Writer

On the blue-green waters of the Missisquoi River in Glen Sutton, Quebec, you can lie back on a cushioned bed of inflatable plastic and gently float down a kilometre of water without worrying about how long it'll take to get home. This river tube course located just an hour and a half outside Montreal, called Au diable vert river tubing course offers a calming, au frais experience that only requires a little planning on your part.

You'll pay $15 per person for two hours of tube time, with a late fee of $1 for every extra minute that you spend not returning your tube. The course takes around 30 minutes to complete, so you'll have plenty of time within your two-hour reservation to go back to the start and do it all over again.

The river ranges between three inches and three feet in depth, so it shouldn't be a challenging ride even for less experienced or less confident swimmers. Registration is still open for the last weekend of the summer, so get your tubing in now while you still can!

Au diable vert

Price: $15 per person for 2 hours of tubing, with a late return fee of $1 per minute

Address: 169, ch. Staines, Glen Sutton, QC

Why You Should Go: To relax, look at nature, skim your fingers over the water and enjoy yourself for a little while.

For more details and to make a reservation, visit the park's website here.

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    Willa Holt (they/she) was a Creator for MTL Blog. They have edited for Ricochet Media and The McGill Daily, with leadership experience at the Canadian University Press. They have an undergraduate degree in anthropology with a minor in French translation, and they are the proud owner of a trilingual cat named Ivy.

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