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Québec





Forillon

  • Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/forillon/index_e.asp
  • Location: At the farthest reach of the Gaspé Peninsula along the Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Area: 244 km2 (94 mi2)
  • Proclaimed: 1970
  • Historical:
    1. Micmacs, the first inhabitants
  • Features:
    1. Short lighthouse on a tall cliff, the third since 1873

La Mauricie

  • Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/mauricie/index_e.asp
  • Location: Midway between Quebec City and Montreal, and 50 km. north of the St. Lawrence River
  • Area: 536 km2 (206 mi2)
  • Proclaimed: 1970
  • Historical:
    1. Travelled over by the Algonquins, the Iroquois, the Hurons, and the Attikameks
    2. Trading post set up in 1634
  • Features:
    1. Many small lakes and dense forest

Mingan Archipelago Reserve

  • Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/mingan/index_e.asp
  • Location: Along the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Anticosti Island
  • Area: 110 km2 (42.5 mi2)
  • Proclaimed: 1984
  • Historical:
    1. Settled by the Innu, the Montagnais, and others for at least 2,000 years
    2. Controlled completely by the Hudson’s Bay Company for a period of time
  • Features:
    1. About 40 limestone islands and more than 1000 granitic islets and reefs.

Saguenay – St. Lawrence

  • Website: http://canadianparks.com/quebec/saguenp/index.htm
  • Location: The north shores of the St. Lawrence for 90 kilometres northeast and southwest of the mouth of the Saguenay River
  • Area: 11.4 km2 (4.4 mi2)
  • Proclaimed: 1990
  • Historical:
    1. First park in Quebec dedicated to the protection of a marine environment
  • Features:
    1. Saguenay Fjord
    2. Two daily tide cycles




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