National Parks of Quebec

[1][2] All but four parks are administered by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq).

It was from 1999 that the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq) was given the mandate to manage all the parks in Quebec.

The “ambience zone” is the region of a park where it is possible to practice sports which allow the discovery of nature while having a low impact on the environment, such as hiking or snowshoeing.

The 'preservation zone' has a limited support and regeneration capacity and often shelters particular, rare or fragile plant and animal species.

On the other hand, the practice of outdoor sports such as mountain walking, snowshoeing, canoeing or biking are accepted and fall within the mandate of discovering the parks.

Several other natural environment interpretation activities are offered and the many naturalist guides present are there to answer your questions.

Since 1999, the management of the activities and services of these environments has been entrusted to the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SÉPAQ).

Research will be carried out with a view to acquiring knowledge concerning two other projects in Nunavik, namely: The creation of two parks is also being considered in boreal forest, in partnership with the Cree.