Wendake

The Huron-Wendat were displaced from their homeland near Georgian Bay in the 1650s and eventually settled here near Quebec City; Wendake is their community today, with around two thousand residents. The nation built and runs the site itself: a museum opened in 2008 covering Wendat history and material culture, a hotel attached to it, and a reconstructed longhouse where visitors can sleep as well as tour. The Notre-Dame-de-Lorette chapel of 1730 holds silver and objects brought from the old mission. Sagamité, a corn and meat soup, and other Wendat dishes are served in the restaurant.

What you actually see

• The reconstructed longhouse - a full-scale building open for tours and overnight stays.
• The Huron-Wendat Museum - the nation's own account of its history.
• The 1730 chapel - silver and objects carried from the earlier mission.
• The Kabir Kouba falls - a gorge and waterfall in the community.

When to go

Year-round; the museum and hotel operate all year and winter has its own programming. Summer brings a powwow. Longhouse overnight stays need booking well ahead.

Honest expectations

This is a living community, not a heritage park, and residential areas are ordinary streets. The longhouse experience is basic by design. Some programming runs in French only.

Nearby

Quebec City lies south; Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is east.