National parks of Quebec

The 23 national parks of Quebec were created by the Québécois government with an aim of preserving and to emphasize a representative sample of each of the 43 natural areas of Quebec and/or exceptional elements of Québécois natural heritage. The currency official of Quebec Parks is: To preserve, protect, discover. To meet the objective of conservation, a system of zoning was set up. Zoning has amongst other things the function to distinguish the surfaces from great brittleness and those with good capacity of support. Zonings are

Zone of reception and service
Zone of environment
Zone of safeguarding
extreme Zone of safeguarding

The zone of reception and service is, as are name indicates it, generally the place where the visitors enter the park. The restrictions on installation are less important than in the other sectors. This is why one finds the reception there, of the camp-site with services, the adventure playgrounds, the blocks sanitaire
The zone of environment is the area of a park where it is possible to practice sports which allow the discovery of nature while having a weak impact on the medium, like the hiking or the racket. Generally, installation are of less scale that in the zone of service.
The zone of safeguarding has a capacity of support and limited regeneration and often shelters plant species and animal particular, rare or fragile. The use of the territory is reduced there and strongly framed. Put has share some view-point, installation are inexsistant.
The extreme zone of safeguarding is prohibited with any circulation and installation. To go there, it is necessary to hold a autoristaion of the director of the park and to have a scientific goal. One there retouve often of the species rare and sensitive to the dérangement.
The protection of certain ecosystems fragile or exceptional is done via payments strict. Wood-cutting, mining, oil and energy as well as hunting and the trapping are formally prohibited. On the other hand, the practice of sports of sport like walk in mountains, the racket, the boats or the bicycle are accepted and fall under the mandate of discovered parks. Several other actvities of interpretation of the natural environment are offered and many the guide naturalists present are there for answering has your questions. Since 1999, the management of the activities and services of these mediums is entrusted to the Société of the establishments of outdoor of Quebec (SEPAQ). In addition, the parks in the north of the parallel 55e are managed by the regional Administration Kativik.

List national parks of Quebec

Projects of national park

Parks of the Nunavik whose creation is envisaged by agreement between the Company Makivik, the regional Administration Kativik (ARK) and the government of Quebec:

of Kuururjuaq (known in the past under the name of project of national park of the Mount-Torngat-and-of-the-River-Koroc)
of Lake-Guillaume-Delisle-and-with-L' Water-Claire

Moreover, research will be undertaken in order to carry out the acquisition of knowledge concerning two other projects the Nunavik, that is to say:

of the Cape-Wolstenholme
of the Bay-with-Sheets

The creation of two parks is also considered in Northern forest, in partnership with the Cris. They are the projects of national park:

Albanel-Témiscamie-Otish
Assinica

The Ministry for Sustainable development, the Environment and the Parks of Quebec also undertook preliminary studies concerning of other projects of national park:

Harrington-Harbor
Natashquan-Aguanus-Kenamu
Lake-Témiscouata
Opémican

See too

External bond

Official site of the SEPAQ
the national park of Quebec - Ministry for sustainable development, the environment and the parks

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