The zec is located in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in Eastern townships, in Quebec, in Canada.

The ZEC was established in 1978 by provincial legislation providing access to public lands in lieu of private clubs.

The administration office of the ZEC was given to the "Association Louise-Gosford" which was established on April 3, 1978 and registered as a nonprofit legal entity on March 29, 1995 to the Registrar of companies in Quebec.

Conversely, these two parts of the territory are separated by an appendix of Franklin County of Maine advancing toward North in the Quebec.

In this sector, the Canada-United States border was mainly established based on the mountaintops in order to distribute the subwatershed between the two countries.