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:
• 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 Antigosti 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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