Ecological reserves of Quebec

Ecological reserves of Quebec are protected areas devoted to conservation, education and research.[1] They are generally closed to the public, with the exception of Serpentine-de-Coleraine, Forêt-la-Blanche des Tourbières-de-Lanoraie and Île-Brion. They are managed by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks. According to the protected area classification of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Quebec's ecological reserves fall into IUCN category 1a, which is the highest level of protection in the world. Thus, there is no exploration or exploitation of natural resources, no roads can pass through the reserve, no energy equipment is allowed and hunting, trapping and fishing activities are prohibited.

List of ecological reserves

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Reserves include:[2]

  Ecological reserve that is part of a biosphere reserve
Ecological reserve Area Created Regional county municipality
km2 sqmi
Aigle-à-Tête-Blanche 2.67 1.03 1993 Pontiac
André-Linteau 0.91 0.35 1993 Pontiac
André-Michaux 4.50 1.74 1993 La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Bog-à-Lanières 4.30 1.66 1992 La Tuque
Boisé-des-Muir 0.12 0.046 1995 Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
Caribous-de-Jourdan 7.12 2.75 1994 La Vallée-de-l'Or
Charles-B.-Banville 10.02 3.87 1998 Rimouski-Neigette
Chênaie-des-Îles-Finlay 0.94 0.36 2007 Pontiac
Chicobi 21.23 8.20 2002 Abitibi
Claude-Mélançon 5.35 2.07 1988 Bellechasse
Couchepaganiche 0.39 0.15 1983 Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Dunes-de-Berry 2.59 1.00 1996 Abitibi
Dunes-de-la-Moraine-d'Harricana 5.40 2.08 1994 Rouyn-Noranda
Érablière-du-Trente-et-Un-Milles 6.06 2.34 1994 La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Ernest-Lepage 8.10 3.13 1983 Bonaventure
Fernald 7.35 2.84 1995 La Matanie
Forêt-la-Blanche 20.52 7.92 2003 Papineau
G.-Oscar-Villeneuve 5.67 2.19 1989 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Grand-Lac-Salé 23.39 9.03 1996 Minganie
Grande-Rivière 173.00 66.80 2001 Le Rocher-Percé
Grands-Ormes 9.20 3.55 1994 Charlevoix-Est
Île-Brion 6.50 2.51 1988 Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Île-Garth 0.17 0.066 2003 Thérèse-De Blainville
Îles-Avelle-Wight-et-Hiam 0.90 0.35 1994 Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Irénée-Marie 1.89 0.73 1985 Mékinac
Irène-Fournier 4.40 1.70 1991 La Matanie
Jackrabbit 7.50 2.90 1981 Les Laurentides
James-Little 2.04 0.79 1981 Pontiac
J.-Clovis-Laflamme 10.15 3.92 1991 Le Domaine-du-Roy
Judith-De Brésoles 10.90 4.21 1992 La Tuque
Jules-Carpentier 0.05 0.019 2000 Portneuf
Kettles-de-Berry 2.67 1.03 1996 Abitibi
Lac-à-la-Tortue 5.66 2.19 1992 Shawinigan
Lac-Malakisis 30.27 11.69 1978 Témiscamingue
Léon-Provancher 4.84 1.87 1999 Bécancour
Lionel-Cinq-Mars 4.40 1.70 1988 Lotbinière
Louis-Babel 235.40 90.89 1991 Manicouagan
Louis-Ovide-Brunet 6.69 2.58 1989 Le Domaine-du-Roy
Louis-Zéphirin-Rousseau 0.05 0.019 1988 Antoine-Labelle
Manche-d'Épée 5.73 2.21 1984 La Haute-Gaspésie
Marcel-Léger 0.36 0.14 1981 Trois-Rivières
Marcelle-Gauvreau 1.14 0.44 1990 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Marcel-Raymond 0.64 0.25 1987 Le Haut-Richelieu
Marie-Jean-Eudes 8.45 3.26 1992 Maskinongé
Matamec 186.0 71.8 1995 Sept-Rivières
Micocoulier 0.29 0.11 1981 Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Mine-aux-Pipistrelles 0.03 0.012 2002 Memphrémagog
Mont-Gosford 3.07 1.19 2013 Le Granit
Mont-Saint-Pierre 6.43 2.48 2001 La Haute-Gaspésie
Père-Louis-Marie 3.15 1.22 1993 La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Pin-Rigide 0.66 0.25 1977 Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
Pointe-Heath 18.69 7.22 1978 Minganie
Pointe-Platon 0.59 0.23 1995 Lotbinière
Presqu'île-Robillard 0.84 0.32 2000 Argenteuil
Ristigouche 4.68 1.81 1983 Avignon
Rivière-aux-Brochets 1.26 0.49 1999 Brome-Missisquoi
Rivière-du-Moulin 0.11 0.042 1975 Lotbinière
Rivière-Rouge 3.13 1.21 1997 Argenteuil
Rolland-Germain 13.70 5.29 1991 La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Ruisseau-de-l'Indien 3.24 1.25 1991 Pontiac
Samuel-Brisson 7.90 3.05 1982 Le Haut-Saint-François
Serpentine-de-Coleraine 3.97 1.53 2003 Les Appalaches
Tantaré 14.50 5.60 1978 La Jacques-Cartier
Tapani 0.17 0.066 1988 Antoine-Labelle
Thomas-Fortin 1.18 0.46 1990 Charlevoix
Thomas-Sterry-Hunt 0.56 0.22 1988 Montmagny
Tourbière-de-Shannon 1.69 0.65 2011 La Jacques-Cartier
Tourbières-de-Lanoraie 4.15 1.60 1994 D'Autray
Vallée-du-Ruiter 1.17 0.45 1993 Memphrémagog
Victor-A.-Huard 0.20 0.077 1990 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Vieux-Arbres 0.04 0.015 1992 Abitibi-Ouest
William-Baldwin 2.91 1.12 1992 Abitibi

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Sources

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  • Les réserves écologiques, Des habitats protégés au naturel (in French), Gouvernement du Québec, 2019, retrieved 2019-09-19
  • Qu'est-ce qu'une réserve écologique? (in French), Gouvernement du Québec, 2019, retrieved 2019-09-19