Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area

Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)

Scenery at the Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area.
Location Saint-Joachim, La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada
Area 23,99 km²
Established April 28, 1978 (1978-04-28)
Governing body Canadian Wildlife Service

The Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area is a National Wildlife Area located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the Charlevoix region of Quebec established on 28 April 1978. It is critical habitat for the Greater Snow Goose during migration. Flocks of tens of thousands of these birds stop over to feed on the bullrushes in the spring and fall. The tidal marsh was recognized as a wetland of international significance per the Ramsar Convention in 1981, the first North American site to receive that distinction.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Greater Snow Goose". Hinterlan Who's Who. Environment Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation. http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?cid=7&id=44. Retrieved 2010-12-15. "In 1981, the Cap Tourmente NWA was declared North America’s first Ramsar site, a site recognized as a wetland of international importance." 

External links

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