The Saint-Maurice Wildlife Reserve is a 782-square-kilometre (302 sq mi) wildlife reserve to the north of Shawinigan, Quebec. The reserve is located west of the Saint-Maurice River in the territory of the Mekinac Regional County Municipality. Like all wildlife reserves, this area is dedicated to the conservation, development and use of wildlife as well as the practice of recreational activity. It is not, however, considered a protected area; forest and mining activities are allowed.
History
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The reserve was established in 1963 under the name of Saint-Maurice Hunting and Fishing Reserve. Its status was changed in the late 1970s.[1]
The reserve houses the proposed Valley-Tousignant Biodiversity Reserve and shares its boundary with the Zec du Chapeau-de-Paille to the southwest and the Zec Wessonneau to the north.
Access to the reserve is via the Mekinac bridge from Route 155 to the north of the Matawin River hamlet. A forest road leading to the reserve is located about ten kilometers to the west. The only docking station, which is located off reserve, is located south of Riviere-Matawin hamlet.
The proposed Valley-Tousignant Biodiversity Reserve is an area that aims to protect a part of the wildlife sanctuary from government desire.[citation needed] It is located entirely within the ecological region of the depression of La Tuque, in the ecological province of the southern Laurentians.
References
^"Sepaq". Sepaq. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^Michel Hocq (1994). Géologie du Québec. Les Publications du Québec. p. 88. ISBN2551139341.