Réserve de biodiversité Opasatica
Opasatica biodiversity reserve
48.0069° N, 79.4141° W
Réserve de biodiversité Opasatica, Quebec. 48.0069° N, 79.4141° W
Biodiversity reserve, 334 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/qc/reserve-de-biodiversite-opasatica/, 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 Opasatica is a 334 km² biodiversity reserve 9.3 km southeast of Virginiatown, in Quebec. It was established in 2019.
17 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lac Opasatica (50.5 km²).
- Area
- 334 km²
- Established
- 2019
- Named lakes
- 17
Conditions today
3.3 °C
Observed at Rouyn-Noranda, as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 8. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Rouyn-Noranda (local forecast), as of 6:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:57 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:28 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:40 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:11 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:19 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:59 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
In the park
The 12 largest of 17 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac Opasatica | 50.5 km² | 60.4 m |
| 2 | Raven Lake | 5.83 km² | 45.7 m |
| 3 | Lac Hébert | 5.49 km² | |
| 4 | Lac Dufay | 4.35 km² | |
| 5 | Lac Granville | 2.01 km² | |
| 6 | Lac Laberge | 1.92 km² | |
| 7 | Lac Drapeau | 1.6 km² | |
| 8 | Lac Ollier | 0.91 km² | |
| 9 | Lac Buies | 0.83 km² | |
| 10 | Lac à la Loutre | 0.58 km² | |
| 11 | Lac Senaka | 0.45 km² | |
| 12 | Lac Gingras | 0.38 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
- Opasatica biodiversity reserveEnglish form