Parc national des Grands-Jardins
Grands-Jardins National Park
47.6865° N, 70.8282° W
Park boundary and water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Parc national des Grands-Jardins, Quebec. 47.6865° N, 70.8282° W
Québec national park, 319 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/qc/parc-national-des-grands-jardins/, compiled October 9, 2026
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- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
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Parc national des Grands-Jardins is a 319 km² québec national park 16 km west of Notre-Dame-des-Monts, in Quebec. It was established in 2017.
43 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lac Fronsac (3.86 km²).
- Area
- 319 km²
- Established
- 2017
- Named lakes
- 43
- Campsites
- 611 campground
Conditions today
3.7 °C
Observed at Laurentides (Réserve faunique), as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Low plus 2.
Weather: Laurentides (Réserve faunique) (local forecast), as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:22 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:53 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:06 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:37 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:43 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:24 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 43 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac Fronsac | 3.86 km² | 15.8 m |
| 2 | Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord | 0.73 km² | 10.5 m |
| 3 | Lac Carré | 0.7 km² | 16.6 m |
| 4 | Lac Pointu | 0.62 km² | 57.1 m |
| 5 | Grand lac des Enfers | 0.62 km² | 14.7 m |
| 6 | Étang Malbaie | 0.54 km² | 3.1 m |
| 7 | Lac Chaudière | 0.49 km² | 18.1 m |
| 8 | Lac des Castors | 0.47 km² | 7.4 m |
| 9 | Lac Arthabaska | 0.45 km² | 16.7 m |
| 10 | Lac de l'Auge | 0.44 km² | |
| 11 | Lac Hébert | 0.39 km² | 33 m |
| 12 | Lac Turgeon | 0.38 km² | 23 m |
Waterfalls
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Campgrounds
1 campground has 61 campsites.
| Campground | Sites |
|---|---|
| Mont-Du-Lac-Des-Cygnes | 61 |
Things to do
Activities
- Canoeing
- Cross-country skiing
- Fishing
- Guided tours
- Hiking
- Hok skiing
- Kayaking
- Nature interpretation
- Nordic skiing
- Rock climbing
- Self-guided tours
- Snowshoeing
- Stand-up paddleboarding
- Via ferrata
- Workshops
Camping
- Cabins
- Frontcountry camping
- Ready-to-camp tents
Facilities
- Convenience store
- Dogs on leash allowed
- Drinking water
- Heated shelters
- Lookouts and observation towers
- Luggage shuttle
- Picnic areas
- Shop
- Ski waxing room
- Toilets
- 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
- Grands-Jardins National ParkEnglish form
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