For the ancestors of present day quebecers the ice canoe was a means of transportation between the shores of quebec city and levis during the winter months no other place on our planet has a river of this size where the climate allows for solid ice slabs to cover the water surface and float with the ever changing currents as part of the ice canoe excursion you will be able to row the waters of the st lawrence river and jog along the canoe over the crackling ice beneath your feet all in the