Well worth the trip. Understanding French is helpful but don't let it stop you from coming. The facility and actors are so genuine you'll enjoy it immensely. The food in their cafeteria was delicious. Saguenay tortière was homemade. Yummy!

My wife and I visited here in August 2018. The site is a re-creation of Samuel de Champlain's original Quebec City settlement. Various actors portray roles in the village - cook, merchant, Huron woman, etc. A shuttle bus takes visitors from the main building to the (upper) village. One can walk down to the lower village and hop on the shuttle bus to get back to the start. As a group visits their locations, the actors launch into a speech describing themselves and life in the village. This is all in French, of course. My wife translated for me as they spoke as best she could. However, not speaking French, you will lose out on almost everything that is said. We did approach several to ask questions in English about the village and they were happy and able to respond in English. Through the speeches and direct discussions, we were able to learn a lot about the hard life settlers faced in New France. Luckily, we were the first to get to the Huron longhouse so we were able to get a long time with the Huron woman in English. That was very enlightening. We got to see and handle all sorts of tools and weapons. We had lunch at the on-site cafeteria, which was delicious.