Biosphere Reserve in Quebec, Canada
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The Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve is one of four Quebec reserves in the network of Canadian biosphere reserves by UNESCO. Its territory straddles the regional county municipalities (RCM) of Charlevoix and Charlevoix-Est, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Québec, in Canada.

This reserve is administered by the Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve Corporation. It is part of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme.

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The reserve, with a total area of 12,900 km2 (5,000 sq mi) including its transition zone of 7,430 km2 (2,870 sq mi), covers the entire Charlevoix region, i.e., the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality and Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality. The Charlevoix crater is entirely included in the transition zone.

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  • Unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba
  • Unorganized territory of Mont-Élie
  • Unorganized territory of Sagard
  • Grands-Ormes Ecological Reserve
  • Petite-Rivière-Saint-François

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North shore of the St. Lawrence from south-west to north-east: Baie-Saint-Paul, Saint-Urbain, Les Éboulements, L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Saint-Hilarion, Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Saint-Irénée, La Malbaie, Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs, Clermont, Saint-Siméon, Baie-Sainte-Catherine

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The buffer zone is crossed along its entire length, from southwest to northeast, by the Québec national road 138.


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Routes through Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve
Quebec CitySainte-Anne-de-Beaupré  W   E  La MalbaieTadoussac
Saguenay (ville)Ferland-et-Boilleau  N   S  Saint-UrbainBaie-Saint-Paul



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