Réserve de biodiversité du Plateau-du-Lac-des-Huit-Chutes
Plateau-du-Lac-des-Huit-Chutes Biodiversity Reserve
48.8957° N, 70.8307° W
Réserve de biodiversité du Plateau-du-Lac-des-Huit-Chutes, Quebec. 48.8957° N, 70.8307° W
Biodiversity reserve, 103 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/qc/reserve-de-biodiversite-du-plateau-du-lac-des-huit-chutes/, 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).
Réserve de biodiversité du Plateau-du-Lac-des-Huit-Chutes is a 103 km² biodiversity reserve 28 km north of Lac-Sébastien, in Quebec. It was established in 2020.
47 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lac des Huit Chutes (2.38 km²).
- Area
- 103 km²
- Established
- 2020
- Named lakes
- 47
Conditions today
7.7 °C
Observed at Saguenay, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: A few showers ending this evening then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind west 30 km/h. Low plus 4.
Weather: Saguenay (local forecast), as of 3:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:23 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:54 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:05 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:37 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:43 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:23 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 47 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac des Huit Chutes | 2.38 km² |
| 2 | Lac Mandan | 1.75 km² |
| 3 | Lac Pierre | 0.95 km² |
| 4 | Lac Pauvre | 0.95 km² |
| 5 | Lac Desmeules | 0.92 km² |
| 6 | Lac du Magasinier | 0.89 km² |
| 7 | Lac Léger | 0.81 km² |
| 8 | Lac Revolver | 0.77 km² |
| 9 | Lac à Jim | 0.69 km² |
| 10 | Lac Dobe | 0.54 km² |
| 11 | Lac Nicole | 0.46 km² |
| 12 | Lac de la Petite Hache | 0.45 km² |
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Biodiversity reserve
- 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 aires protégées
Names
- Plateau-du-Lac-des-Huit-Chutes Biodiversity ReserveEnglish form
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