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Autumn colours draw crowds and traffic to eastern Canada’s parks
The fall colours have reached their peak in Quebec, where maple trees are turning yellow, red and orange.
Visitors are flocking to see them at parks such as Mont-Orford National Park in the Eastern Townships.
On Saturday, October 10, cars were backed up as people tried to enter the park.
Similar crowding is happening at other well-known parks in eastern Canada.
The autumn viewing season lasts about five weeks, and many people plan trips around the peak colours, often near Canadian Thanksgiving.
Because visitors choose the same destinations at the same time, the rush can strain natural parks and create traffic jams known in English Canada as “leaf jams.”
Autumn foliage has drawn heavy crowds and slow traffic to parks in eastern Canada.
At Quebec’s Mont-Orford National Park, visitors faced long queues on Saturday, October 10.
The article says similar congestion has occurred at other well-known parks in the east.
For about five weeks each autumn, Canadians travel to see changing forests, often around Thanksgiving.
The crowds can put pressure on natural parks.
- Who
- Visitors travelling to see autumn foliage, including people at Mont-Orford National Park.
- What
- Crowds have caused traffic queues at parks in eastern Canada.
- When
- The report describes peak autumn colours and traffic on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
- Where
- Mont-Orford National Park in Quebec’s Estrie region, and other parks in eastern Canada.
- Why
- Visitors travel to see the autumn colours before they fade.
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Traffic moved slowly at Mont-Orford National Park as visitors came to see the autumn foliage.
Canadian Thanksgiving was observed, a date around which the article says autumn colours often reach their peak.
- Park
- Mont-Orford National Park, Estrie, Quebec
- Wait
- Jenny Garneau said she had waited 40 minutes
- Seasonal rush
- About five weeks each autumn
- Canadian Thanksgiving
- October 12, 2026
What people are saying
I've been waiting for forty minutes. I've tried both entrances to the park: I think I'll turn around too if it doesn't move any faster. But I'm hopeful!
I followed the colour map published online, and this was the best time to be here.
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