Parc de la Gatineau
Gatineau Park
45.5521° N, 75.9534° W
Parc de la Gatineau, Quebec. 45.5521° N, 75.9534° W
Conservation area, 363 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/qc/parc-de-la-gatineau/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Parc de la Gatineau is a 363 km² conservation area beside Wakefield, in Quebec. It was established in 1938.
30 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lac la Pêche (6.96 km²).
- Area
- 363 km²
- Established
- 1938
- Named lakes
- 30
Conditions today
7.4 °C
Observed at Chelsea, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low plus 5.
Weather: Chelsea (local forecast), as of 2:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:42 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:12 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:28 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:58 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:03 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:47 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 30 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac la Pêche | 6.96 km² | |
| 2 | Lac Meech | 2.74 km² | |
| 3 | Lac Mousseau | 1.92 km² | |
| 4 | Lac Philippe | 1.71 km² | |
| 5 | Lac des Loups | 1.08 km² | 9.2 m |
| 6 | Lac Gauvreau | 0.86 km² | 23.5 m |
| 7 | Lac Lusk | 0.34 km² | |
| 8 | Lac Curley | 0.28 km² | |
| 9 | Lac Taylor | 0.27 km² | |
| 10 | Lac Carman | 0.27 km² | |
| 11 | Lac Kelly | 0.26 km² | |
| 12 | Lac Brown | 0.21 km² |
Waterfalls
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Conservation area
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- National Capital Commission (NCC)
Photos
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Names
- Gatineau ParkEnglish form
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