Réserve nationale de faune de la Pointe-de-l'Est
Pointe de l'Est National Wildlife Area
47.605° N, 61.4613° W
Réserve nationale de faune de la Pointe-de-l'Est, Quebec. 47.605° N, 61.4613° W
National wildlife area, 9.58 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/qc/reserve-nationale-de-faune-de-la-pointe-de-l-est/, 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Réserve nationale de faune de la Pointe-de-l'Est is a 9.58 km² national wildlife area beside East Cape, in Quebec.
3 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Étang de l'Est (1.84 km²).
- Area
- 9.58 km²
- Named lakes
- 3
Conditions today
13 °C
Observed at Îles-de-la-Madeleine, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. Showers beginning early this evening and ending overnight. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 30 gusting to 50 early this evening. Low 11.
Weather: Îles-de-la-Madeleine (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:45 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:16 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:29 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:00 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:03 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:46 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Étang de l'Est | 1.84 km² |
| 2 | Étang Head of the Bay | 0.96 km² |
| 3 | Le Flat Sand | 0.78 km² |
Beaches
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- National wildlife area
- IUCN category
- III, Natural monument or featureInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Canadian Wildlife Service, Quebec Region
Photos
Names
- Pointe de l'Est National Wildlife AreaEnglish form
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