Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon
Pointe-Taillon National Park
48.7156° N, 71.9848° W
Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon, Quebec. 48.7156° N, 71.9848° W
Québec national park, 97.5 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/qc/parc-national-de-la-pointe-taillon/, 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.
- SIT Québec – Nature, sports et plein air, Ministère du Tourisme du Québec. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, Données Québec.
- 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon is a 97.5 km² québec national park beside Domaine-de-la-Baie-Forest, in Quebec. It was established in 1985.
2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lac Saint-Jean (1,110 km²).
- Area
- 97.5 km²
- Established
- 1985
- Named lakes
- 2
Conditions today
5 °C
Observed at Dolbeau-Mistassini, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.
Weather: Dolbeau-Mistassini (local forecast), as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:27 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:10 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:41 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:48 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:28 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac Saint-Jean | 1,110 km² |
| 2 | Petit lac des Harvey | 21.8 km² |
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Things to do
Activities
- Boat cruises
- Canoeing
- Cycling
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Nature interpretation
- Nordic skiing
- Pedal boating
- Snowshoeing
- Stand-up paddleboarding
- Swimming
Facilities
- Convenience store
- Drinking water
- Electrical hook-ups
- Interpretive panels
- Picnic areas
- Playground
- Restaurant
- Service building
- Shop
- Showers
- Toilets
- Walking trails
- Wi-Fi
As listed by the park’s official page.
Official record
- Designation
- Québec national park
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction des parcs
- Official website
- sepaq.com
Photos
Names
- Pointe-Taillon National ParkEnglish form
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