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Refuge d'oiseaux de l'Île aux Hérons

Île aux Hérons Bird Sanctuary

45.4155° N, 73.5831° W

Refuge d'oiseaux de l'Île aux Hérons, Quebec. 45.4155° N, 73.5831° W

Migratory bird sanctuary, 6.3 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/qc/refuge-d-oiseaux-de-l-ile-aux-herons/, 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).

Refuge d'oiseaux de l'Île aux Hérons is a 6.3 km² migratory bird sanctuary beside Sainte-Catherine, in Quebec.

2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lac des Cygnes (43.7 km²).

Area
6.3 km²
Named lakes
2

Conditions today

11.2 °C

ClearWind WSW 18 km/h

Observed at Sainte-Catherine, as of 12:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers this evening. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 10.

Weather: Sainte-Catherine (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:33 a.m.
Sunrise
7:02 a.m.
Sunset
6:19 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:49 p.m.
Moonrise
5:53 a.m.
Moonset
5:37 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Lac des Cygnes43.7 km²
2Lac de La Citière6.46 km²

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Official record

Designation
Migratory bird sanctuary
IUCN category
III, Natural monument or featureInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Canadian Wildlife Service, Quebec Region

Names

  • Île aux Hérons Bird SanctuaryEnglish form