The ZEC Festubert is a " zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC), located in the municipality of Senneterre, in the

La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality La Vallée-de-l'Or ''(The Golden Valley)'' is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River va ...

, in the administrative region of

Abitibi-Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 146,717 peo ...

, in Quebec, in Canada. The mission of the ZEC includes the protection of flora and fauna.

Geography

Incorporated on March 6, 1978, Zec Festubert covers an area of 1,429 km². This " zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) has 148 lakes, 120 are used for recreative fishing. This area has four rivers all run for fishing. ZEC has three boat ramps water. The entrance station of Zec Festubert is open from Victoria Day (in May) and close around the end of the moose hunting with rifle (in October). Path to reach the docking station Landron: Route 117 between

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Val d'Or Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife R ...

. Access options to the ZEC: * Mileage 285 on route 117, via Lépine Road; * at kilometer 380 from Highway 117; via Highway 30 (CIP); via the

Zec Capitachouane The ZEC Capitachouane is a ''zone d'exploitation contrôlée'' (Controlled Harvesting Zone) (ZEC), located in the municipality of Senneterre in the RCM La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témi ...

(460 miles from Montreal).

Toponymy

The name of Zec joins the township, the river, the village and the lake of the same name. These names evoke the participation of Canadian-French troops in the British campaign in May 1915 in the village of Festubert, in France. Among the Allies, over 7,000 men lost their lives. The Allies won a victory there against the Germans on July 12, 1918, The village of Festubert is located in the department of

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, about sixty miles southeast of

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, south. The name "Zec Festubert" was formalized on August 5, 1982, at the Bank of place names in the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...

(Geographical Names Board of Quebec).

Hunting and fishing

The territory of the ZEC has been divided into 28 sectors, to better distribute the hunting areas and provide better security for users. All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are prohibited from use during the hunting season, except for the transportation of wild animal killed. Hunting small animals mainly concerns ruffed grouse, the partridge, the

hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The ge ...

and grouse of Canada. Hunting is regulated by the periods indicated by the department for quota species. Given the abundance of wild animals, hunting black bear and the

mouse A mouse ( : mice) is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (''Mus musculus' ...

is limited. Anglers can catch

pike Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

and "Doré" (yellow or black) on all exploited lakes. ZEC is in the hunting and fishing number 13 zone.Québec.com - Zec Festubert
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Festubert Zec Protected areas of Abitibi-Témiscamingue Protected areas established in 1978

Geography

Toponymy

Hunting and fishing

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