The lodges are extremely well run – you will get the feeling that the staff will do almost anything for you. The staff is friendly, efficient and motivated to please. The quality of the food, service, guides and fishing are the same for both places.
Camp Bonaventure
Camp Bonaventure was built in 1993 and was designed as a salmon fishing lodge. It has all the amenities you can imagine: private bathrooms in each bedroom, heated floors, private screened porches off the four downstairs bedrooms, and that’s just the beginning. The dining room and living room have a thirty-five foot stone fireplace. The guesthouse has two bedrooms with private bathrooms, as well as private living room also with a thirty-five foot fireplace. There is a separate building that has a rod room, where clients meet their guides in the morning. This room has individual locker areas for each guest to store their fishing equipment. Bonaventure lodge has five miles of private water on the lower section of the river where the lodge is located. It also has a number of leases on private water on the Bonaventure during certain times of the season. This allows them to take their clients to the areas that are fishing the best as the season progresses. Camp Bonaventure has place for twelve fishing guests.
Salmon Lodge
Historic, beautiful Salmon Lodge was built in 1887 and has been operating as a fishing lodge ever since. There are only five fishing camps on the Grand Cascapedia and they are all private for members only, except for Salmon Lodge. Salmon Lodge is the only one that takes guests other than members, and has a spectacular view overlooking the Grand Cascapedia River. The lodge has a master bedroom with a private bathroom and private living room. There are two additional bedrooms that share a bathroom. A separate building called the ‘guest house’ has two bedrooms, a living room and a bathroom. Salmon Lodge has a wonderful living room and dining room overlooking the river, both with fireplaces, and well appointed and comfortable. A large screened porch is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the scenery. You will love the special feeling Salmon Lodge provides. Guests at Salmon lodge have the opportunity to fish the Grand Cascapedia, Petite Cascapedia and Bonaventure rivers. Depending on the time of the season, they have different leases and beats with exclusive rights. They also fish what they call limited access areas, where the number of rods are very limited. Salmon Lodge has place for eight fishing guests.
See a video about the The Camp Bonaventure and Salmon Lodge here.
