Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan is a small village on Quebec's far North Shore, stretched along a sandy point facing the Gulf of St Lawrence. It is quieter than Havre-Saint-Pierre, but it has its own reason to stop: whales, puffins, beaches, and the western end of the Mingan island world.
The strongest outing is the boat trip to Île aux Perroquets, where a lighthouse station, seabirds, and open Gulf weather make the coast feel properly remote. In the village, the Mingan Island Cetacean Study Research Station gives the whale story real scientific depth.
This is not a place for a long checklist. Walk the Parc des Paspayas boardwalk, watch the water, and use the village as a slower western doorway to the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve.