Marcelle-Gauvreau Ecological Reserve

IUCN Category Ia - Strict Nature Reserve

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The Réserve écologique Marcelle - Gauvreau is a furnished on an area of ​​116.5 ha in 1990 reserve in the south of the Canadian province of Quebec in the MRC Le Fjord -du -Saguenay.

It is located on the north side of the river Sainte -Marguerite 22 km northwest of the community of the Sacred Heart. It represents and protects the typical for the ecoregion Contre forts des Laurentides Saguenay and the Saguenay - du mountain forests where the yellow birch dominated.

The southwest to northeast of hills dissected reserve is located between 100 m at the Rivière Sainte -Marguerite and 500 m above sea level. The subsoil of the region consists mainly of gneiss and quartz. Then came during and after the last glacial tillite, but this is broken in the higher layers of rock. From rock and rock interspersed Podsol emerged, which is moderately to slightly wet.

It's such a yellow birch, Weymouth pine, western arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis ) in front of, above, there are black spruce and laurel roses.

The name of the area goes back to the scientist Marcelle Gauvreau (1907-1968) back to Brother Marie - Victorin, know a botanist learned when they botanique itself librarian at the Institut du Jardin botanique de Montréal was the Montreal Botanical Institute of the Botanical Gardens. She founded with L' Éveil a school for the teaching of botany Sœurs de Jésus- Marie. They dealt primarily with the marine algae world. At the writing of Flore laurentienne they played a major role. At the University of Montreal is a collection with her name.