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National Parks Of Quebec
The national parks of Quebec are provincial parks created by the Government of Quebec, government of Quebec to protect territories representative of natural regions of the province or sites of exceptional character, while making them accessible to the public for education and/or recreation. As of 2023, there are 28 such parks in Quebec, which protect an area of , or about 2.8% of the territory of the province. All but four parks are administered by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq). Those four are administered by Kativik, Nunavik Parks. In addition, Sépaq jointly administers a National Marine Conservation Area with Parks Canada as part of the country's national park system. Despite the name "national park", the parks on this list are provincial parks, and are not part of Canada's national park system. History The first provincial park in Quebec was created on January 12, 1895: Mont-Tremblant National Park, Parc de la Montagne-Tremblante was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provincial Parks
file:Ischigualasto provincial park.jpg, Ischigualasto Provincial Park A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to the public for recreation. Their environment may be more or less strictly protected. Argentina Provincial parks () in the Misiones Province of Argentina include the Urugua-í Provincial Park and Esmeralda Provincial Park. The Ischigualasto Provincial Park, also called Valle de la Luna ("Valley of the Moon" or "Moon Valley") due to its otherworldly appearance, is a provincial protected area in the north-east of San Juan Province, Argentina, San Juan Province, north-western Argentina. The Aconcagua Provincial Park is in Mendoza Province. The highest point is the north summit of the Cerro Aconcagua at . The Parque Provincial Pereyra Iraola is the largest urban park in the Buenos Aires Province. It is the ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by Organism, organisms in interaction with their Biophysical environment, environment. The Biotic material, biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal Environmental factor, factors. External factors—including climate—control the ecosystem's structure, but are not influenced by it. By contrast, internal factors control and are controlled by ecosystem processes; these include decomposition, the types of species present, root competition, shading, disturbance, and succession. While external factors generally determine which Resource (biology), resource inputs an ecosystem has, their availability within the ecosystem is controlled by internal factors. Ecosystems are wikt:dynamic, dynamic, subject to periodic disturbances and always in the process of recovering from past disturbances. The tendency of an ecosystem to remain clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pic Champlain 2
PIC or pic may refer to: Places * Penbay International Circuit, or PIC, a motor track circuit in Pingtung County, Taiwan * Pic River, in Ontario, Canada * Picayune (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code PIC), Mississippi, United States * Pic, abbreviation for Pictor, a southern constellation * Pacific island countries People * Anna Pic (born 1978), French politician * Anne-Sophie Pic (born 1969), French cook * Charles Pic (born 1990), French Formula One driver * Maurice Pic (1866–1957), French entomologist * Tina Pic (born 1966), American racing cyclist Enterprises and organizations * PIC, a mark used by the former Phoenix Iron Company * Pickleball International Committee, a governing body for the sport of pickleball * Poison information center, a medical facility * Public Investment Corporation, a South African state-owned asset management firm Government and politics * Palestinian Information Center, a news website * Partido Independiente de Color, a former Cuban politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bic National Park
Bic National Park is an national park of Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, near the villages of Le Bic and Saint-Fabien, southwest of Rimouski. It was founded on October 17, 1984, and is home to large populations of harbour seals and grey seals. Its highest point is Pic Champlain at . Slightly less than half of the park is a coastal marine environment. The park is owned by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks of Quebec. It is managed by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SÉPAQ). Bic National Park is typical of the southern coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing several characteristics of this region: * Low-flow rivers (la rivière du Sud-Ouest) * Salt marshes (the marsh at Pointe-au-Spruce) * Rocky hills with a very steep northern slope and a relatively gentle southern slope (Pic Champlain, Citadelle, , etc.) History Human occupation of Bic dates back almost 7,000 years: the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minganie Regional County Municipality
Minganie () is a regional county municipality on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Its territory includes Anticosti Island. Toponymy Both the largest (128,473 km²) and the second least populated, the regional county municipality of Minganie extends from Labrador to the middle of the Honguedo Strait in the St. Lawrence River and includes the hinterland of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM and Anticosti Island. Construction workers, transport workers, miners, fishermen and trappers are also found there in larger proportions than in Quebec in general. The origins of Minganie's population can be traced to Innu, Acadian and Gaspesians pioneers and its new residents who arrived via Route 138 (The Whale Route - Route Jacques-Cartier), opened in 1976. Administration The RCM administration is seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre. It has an area of according to Quebec's '' Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anticosti National Park
Anticosti National Park (French (official): ''Parc National d'Anticosti'') is a provincial park of Quebec, located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It consists of 3 non-contiguous areas totalling of land in the centre of Anticosti Island. Portions of the park are within Anticosti World Heritage site. Tourism It is organized into 6 tourist sectors and 1 central zone:''Parc national d'Anticosti - Park Journal 2008-2009 Edition'', Parcs Québec * Baie-de-la-Tour * Chicotte * Chute-Vauréal * Grotte-à-la-Patate * Observation * Vauréal-la-Mer * Zone centrale History The idea of creating a park on Anticosti Island goes far back. Already in the 1920s, the richness of Anticosti's flora was highlighted by botanist Marie-Victorin, who described the canyon of the Vauréal River as a "remarkable sanctuary" for ferns. But for the following decades, the entire island was privately owned by a succession of logging companies who invested little or nothing in environmental protection. In 1974, An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouyn-Noranda
Rouyn-Noranda (; Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and Census geographic units of Canada, census division (CD) of Quebec of the same name. Their geographical code is 86. History The city of Rouyn (named for Jean-Baptiste Rouyn, a captain in the Régiment Royal Roussillon of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm) appeared after copper was discovered in 1917. Noranda (a contraction of "North Canada") was created later around the Noranda (mining company), Horne mine and foundry. Both were officially constituted as cities in 1926, then merged in 1986. Since 1966, Rouyn and Noranda constitute the capital of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It is also the seat of (UQAT) since 1983. The population tends to increase or decrease dramatically depending on the economic situation. The city's populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality
Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (, ''Abitibi West'') is a regional county municipality located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Its seat is La Sarre. Subdivisions There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Duparquet * La Sarre * Macamic ;Municipalities (15) * Authier * Authier-Nord * Chazel * Clerval * Dupuy * Gallichan * La Reine * Normétal * Palmarolle * Poularies * Rapide-Danseur * Roquemaure * Sainte-Germaine-Boulé * Taschereau * Val-Saint-Gilles ;Parishes (2) * Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg * Saint-Lambert ;Townships (1) * Clermont ;Unorganized Territory (2) * Lac-Duparquet * Rivière-Ojima Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: * Autoroutes ** None * Primary Highways ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** * External Routes ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiguebelle National Park
Aiguebelle National Park (, ) is a provincial park in Quebec, Canada. It is located in western Quebec in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region some 50 km north-east of Rouyn-Noranda, 50 km west of Amos, Quebec, 100 km north west of Val-d'Or, Quebec, and about 50 km due west of Lake Hebecourt. The park has a surface area of 268,3 km2. Its mission is to protect a representative sample of the clay belt of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region and the Abijévis hills. The park includes a watershed line and thus extends over two watersheds: the basin of the Hudson Bay and that of the Atlantic. There are traces of ancient volcanic activity and several lakes on the faults. It is managed by the Quebec government by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Society of outdoor facilities in Quebec) (SÉPAQ). Geography The park contains among other features the Abijévis hills, including Mount Dominant which is the highest summit of Abitibi (570m). The hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalities are a supralocal type of regional municipality, and act as the local municipality in Unorganized area#Quebec, unorganized territories within their borders. The system of regional county municipalities was introduced beginning in 1979 to replace the List of former counties of Quebec, historic counties of Quebec. In most cases, the territory of an RCM corresponds to that of a Census geographic units of Canada, census division; however, there are a few exceptions. Some local municipalities are outside any regional county municipality (''hors MRC''). This includes some municipalities within Urban agglomerations in Quebec, urban agglomerations and also some aboriginal lands, such as Indian reserves that are enclaves within the territory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
