Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve

Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve
LocationLac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec, Canada
Nearest citySaint-Félicien, La Doré, Chibougamau
Coordinates49°05′N 73°32′W / 49.08°N 73.53°W / 49.08; -73.53
Area4,488 km2 (1,733 sq mi)[1]
Governing bodySépaq and Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife
Websitewww.sepaq.com/rf/ash/ Edit this at Wikidata

The Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, in the watershed of the Ashuapmushuan River. It is mainly located in the region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, between the municipality of La Doré and the city of Chibougamau, and covers an area of 4,488 square kilometres (1,733 sq mi).

This area was first visited by "Montagnais" Innu people who practiced the fur trade. With the arrival of Europeans in the area, several trading posts, called Postes du Roi, were established on the shores of lakes Ashuapmushuan and Nicabau.[2] The word Ashuapmushuan is a term in Montagnais Innu language, meaning "where we see the moose".[3]

  1. ^ Wildlife Reserves Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Natural Resources and wildlife, accessdate =May 28, 2008
  2. ^ "Réserve faunique Ashuapmushuan - Bonjour Québec.com". bonjourquebec.com. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  3. ^ http://www.sepaq.com/rf/ash/en/presentation.html Presentation SÉPAQ