Welcome to Champdoré Fishing Camp, located on Lac Champdoré, the headwaters of the Whale River (Rivière Baleine). By floatplane we are 90 miles northeast of Schefferville, Québec, an old iron-ore mining town which straddles the northern Labrador-Québec border. Situated 900 miles north of Montreal deep in the Canadian wilderness, Champdoré offers a truly amazing freshwater fishery combined with a unique camp and staff. Champdoré is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest fly-fishing and shallow-water angling areas. We are blessed with both large and abundant fish, as well as the sheer variety of fish, i.e., Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Ouananiche (landlocked Atlantic Salmon) and Northern Pike.

Champdoré is open for fishing during July and August. Although fishing at Champdoré is excellent during the middle of June, we are unable start the fishing season this early. This is because ice-out in northern Québec does not occur until mid-June, and therefore the floatplane fleet is not moved into the Schefferville area until late June. As we routinely need about a week in camp for preparations, our first full week of fishing does not start until the beginning of July.

We specialize primarily in shallow-water fishing, but we also provide caribou hunting opportunities. The caribou season officially opens on August 1 and closes October 1, but we confine our caribou hunting to the last 5 to 6 weeks of the season. The George River herd of caribou routinely migrates through the Lac Champdoré area during the middle to late summer, and the wildlife biologists tell us that this herd is made up of about 800,000 animals.