| Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park | |
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| (French) Parc marin du Saguenay–Saint-Laurent | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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| Location | Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality / Sacré-Coeur, and Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, Québec, Canada |
| Nearest city | La Baie, Tadoussac |
| Area | 1,246 km²[1] |
| Established | 1998 |
| Visitors | 1,089,459 (in 2007[2]) |
| Governing body | Parks Canada, Sépaq |
The Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park is a National Marine Conservation Area, one of three in the Canadian national park system, located where the fjord of the Saguenay River meets the estuary of the Saint Lawrence River. It is the first national park in Québec to protect a purely marine environment. Whales are drawn to the rich food supply stirred up by the mixing of waters here, including a colony of belugas.
This park is co-managed by Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq) and Parks Canada.
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