Zec Restigo

Zec Restigo
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Zec Restigo

Province of Quebec

Location Canada, Quebec, Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
Nearest city Témiscaming
Coordinates Abitibi-Témiscamingue_ 46°36′51″N 78°21′59″W / 46.61417°N 78.36639°WCoordinates: Abitibi-Témiscamingue_ 46°36′51″N 78°21′59″W / 46.61417°N 78.36639°W
Area 127,090 kilometres (78,970.06 mi)
Governing body L'Association protectrice de la faune de Témiscaming
Website http://zecrestigo.reseauzec.com/

The ZEC Restigo is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC) located the unorganized territory Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

ZEC is administered by the "Association protectrice de la faune de Témiscaming" (Wildlife Protective Association of Temiscaming), which is a non-profit organization.

Geography

Zec Restigo is located in the Témiscamingue County, east of the city of Temiscaming. It is connected to the southeast to the Zec Dumoine, south to the Zec Maganasipi and north to the Zec de Kipawa. Zec Restigo is bounded:

The main rivers are the ZEC: Kipawa (west), Des Jardins, Fildegrand (southeast) and Pin Blanc (White Pine) (east).

Major lakes

Major lakes in Zec are (mainly French names): À la Truite, Athabascan, Aux Huards, Avon, Beaver, Bryson, Caughey, Caugnawana, Chanty, Charette, Clair, Contentré, De l’Index, De la Gélinotte, De la Tête d’Orignal, Des Îles, Des Jardins, Des Sables, Du Cochon, Du Goéland, Du Marais, Du Micmac, Du Papillon, Eddie, En demi-lune, Hamilton, Homard, Katakwatciwanacik, Klondike, La Garde, Lépine, Lindsay, Line, Long, Lune, Maganasipi (Green Lake), Montégion, Petit lac Caugnawana, Petit lac des Jardins, Petit lac du marécage, Plantin, Pombert, Restigo, Sableux, Sairs (Brennan), Sorry, Sparks, Swansea, Thompson, Ti-Ri et Welsinger.

Entrance stations

Hunting and fishing

ZEC has 91 lakes, 35 lakes are used for recreational fishing. Four rivers cross the territory of which two are used for recreative fishing.

Species subject to quotas for hunting wildlife animal are: moose, white-tailed deer, Hare, grouse and black bear. Contigentement varies according to the particular species, hunting gear, sex of the beasts (deer and moose).

As for sport fishing in the ZEC, the species of fish quotas depending on the time of year and the water bodies are: lake trout, brook trout, gold pike and bass.[1]

Key benefits

The Turner Falls on the Kipawa River, north of Lake Sairs (Brennan) worth visiting.

ZEC has over 120 campsites in 16 camping spots semi-furnished (or rustic), which are: Lac du Fils 2, Desjardins Nord, Fils 1, Petit Desjardins, Tête d'Orignal, Lac Maganasipi, Du Fils 2 Sud, Lac du Fils Sud 1, Du Fils Ouest, Du Fils Nord-Ouest, Rivière Desjardins, Lac Bleau, Petit Caugnawana, Caugnawana, Desjardins Sud et La Garde.

Toponymy

The name "ZEC Restigo" drift of the name "Lake Restigo" which is a major body of water in the center of the ZEC.

The name "ZEC Restigo" was formalized on 5 August 1982 at the Bank of place names in the Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official site of the ZEC Restigo - Section "Our organization".
  2. ↑ Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec) - Bank of place names - Toponym: ZEC Restigo