The ZEC des Passes is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC) in the unorganized territory Passes-Dangereuses, in the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada.

The major lakes are: Lake à Dîner (Dinner Lake), à l'Île Blanche (at the White Island), à l'Outarde (to Bustard), Alex, aux Bleuets Secs (Dry Blueberry), aux Grandes Pointes, Bernabé, Both Ways, Boudreault, Cape, Clary, Claveau, Côté, Cousineau, Craig, Croche, d'Ailleboust, Daniel, de l'Aiguillon, de l'Échevin (the Alderman), de la Charrue (the plow), de la Martre, the Ouananiche, de la Poule Folle, de la Rivière du Nord (River North), Déry, des Aigles (the Eagles), des Airelles, des Hauteurs (Heights), des îles (islands), Myriques, des Pins Gris (Gray Pines), Dicaire, du Bout, du Chardonneret (the Goldfinch), du Cinq de l'Éternité (the Five of Eternity), du Foin Bleu (Hay Blue), du Gourin, du Lancer, du Portage, Effilé, Élie, Étienniche, Falardeau, François, Georges, Grand Lac des Épinettes Noires (of the Black spruce), Henry, Jaune, Kidney, Laberge, Lacasse, Lachance, Laliberté, Lemoine, Lepage, Lessard, Long, Noir, Original (Moose), Ouitouche, Patrick, Petit lac Alex, Petit Lac Brochet, Petit Lac Clary, Premier lac Ulysse, Richard, Shadow, Versicolori and Yza.

Main watercourses Entrance stations Paths to reach the entrance stations of the Zec: In the summer of 2013, the Zec des Passes has created a marked walking trail and linear over 3 km along the river Alex.

These names are for lakes, dikes, dams, roads, streams, islands, a ZEC (controlled harvesting zone) and falls.

In this region of northern Lac Saint-Jean, several ponds of complex shapes have many passes.