Réserve écologique Judith-De Brésoles
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Réserve écologique Judith-De Brésoles
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| location | Agglomération de La Tuque , Quebec, Canada | |
| surface | 10.9 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 23108 | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 37 ′ N , 72 ° 19 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 1992 | |
| administration | MDDEP | |
The Réserve écologique Judith-De Brésoles is a 1089.51 hectare protected area established in 1992 in the south of the Canadian province of Québec in the Agglomération de La Tuque .
It is located around 60 km northeast of La Tuque on the eastern edge of Lac-Édouard and belongs to the village of the same name. It serves to protect one of the northernmost yellow birch forests .
The Judith-De Brésoles protected area mainly represents the flora and fauna typical of the lower Laurentides in the Saguenay River area . It is located in the area of the Precambrian river basin and accordingly has Tillit , in addition to which there are glacial and post-glacial deposits of the Kame and Esker types . These deposits mainly consist of sand and gravel. Then developed Podsol even bleach or gray earth called.
Characteristic are aspen , paper birch , balsam fir , black spruce . One of the northernmost occurrences of the yellow birch can be found in the west of the reserve .
The reserve was named after Judith Moreau De Brésoles (1620-1687), the founder and first superior of the Religieuses hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Ville-Marie (the name at the time for what is now Montréal ).
Web links
- Réserve écologique Judith-De Brésoles , government website
- Commission de toponymie du Québec: Réserve écologique Judith-De Brésoles
Remarks
- ↑ Françoise Maumousseau: État des biens et revenus of religieuses Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Ville-Marie de l'île de Montréal en Canada , the 1,701th