Pointe-Taillon National Park

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The Parc national de la Pointe- Taillon is one of the 24 National Parks in the Canadian province of Québec.

There is a corresponding Parc national but what corresponds in the other provinces and territories a provincial park.

The task of the 1985 north of the St. Lawrence River, decorated in the south of the province, 92.2 km ² large park, is to protect the eponymous Fast island and the extensive moorlands between the lake and the Péribonka River and to represent. The park is located about 30 km north of Alma near the village of Saint -Henri -de- Taillon on the shores of Lac Saint -Jean.

History

The flat region was created by a post-glacial delta, which emerged from the huge, melting ice sheets that covered the area until the end of the last ice age. The elongated sand island in Pointe Taillon was born around 5000 to 3000 BC

1990, a first exploratory on the northern edge was made of Pointe Taillon, were discovered in the artifacts of the indigenous people who used probably for thousands of years the place to fish.

In historic times, the area was known as Pointe Savane, but it was named in honor of Louis -Olivier Taillon, the 1896 Premier of Québec was from 25 to 29 January 1887 to 16 December 1892 to 11 May. 1890-1930 the moor was released for settlement, and in 1925 had the place bienheureuse -Jeanne - D'Arc 307 inhabitants. The largest farm was the L' île Bouliane with up to 125 employees. In the so-called tragedy of the Lac Saint -Jean in 1926 and 1928 caused a dam a huge flood, put large swathes of agricultural land underwater. Alcan, now Rio Tinto Alcan, bought the area. After a decades- long dispute over reparations relaxing. 1977 bought the government, the country and 1985 was there a park. 2007 announced that the Secretary of State that the islands in the lake, an area of ​​about 3 square kilometers, the park should be added. The park is accessible by any road, but offers cycling, canoeing, and hiking trails as well as 16 kilometers of beach.

The artificial raising of the water level of the Lac Saint -Jean creates in poor rock landscape to this day serious erosion problems; the dam at Péribonka exacerbated these problems because since the 1950s no more sediments are registered.

Flora and Fauna

Many orchids grow in the swampy terrain, including Arethusa bulbosa, Calopogon tuberosus and Pogonia ophioglossoides. To also provide on rare plants Xiris montana from the family of Arceuthobium pusillum Xyridaceae or from the genus of dwarf mistletoe.

A small, local stable population of about 24 elk could be determined by flying over 1998 and 2004; they also migrated outside the park and was already engaged two times in traffic accidents.

In insects, the dragonfly species Leucorrhinia frigida, Nannothemis bella and Somatochlora incurvata from the family of Falk Dragonflies are emphasized, but also the rare butterfly species appassionata Papaipema. However, the fauna is still being researched hardly scientific.

Since 2000, Canada cranes are observed.