Thomas-Sterry-Hunt International Ecological Reserve

Thomas-Sterry-Hunt International Ecological Reserve
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Location	Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Québec, Canada
Established	September 7, 1988

Thomas-Sterry-Hunt International Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve in Quebec, Canada. It was established on September 7, 1988.^[1]

Thomas Sterry Hunt

The ecological reserve was named in honour of Thomas Sterry Hunt, F.R.S., an American geologist, who served as chief assistant to Sir William Edmond Logan, the director of the Canadian Geological Survey.

The reserve lies on the border with the Seboomook Lake territory of extreme northern Somerset County, Maine.

References

↑ Commission de Toponymie Québec (French)

External links

Official website from Government of Québec

Protected areas of Quebec

National Parks of Canada	Forillon Mingan Archipelago La Mauricie Saguenay-St. Lawrence

Other Federal Parks	Gatineau (National Capital Commission) The Battlefields (National Battlefields Commission)

National Parks of Quebec	Aiguebelle Anticosti Bic Frontenac Gaspésie Grands-Jardins Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé Îles-de-Boucherville Jacques-Cartier Kuururjuaq Lac-Témiscouata Miguasha Mont-Mégantic Mont-Orford Mont-Saint-Bruno Mont-Tremblant Monts-Valin Oka Opémican Pingualuit Plaisance Pointe-Taillon Saguenay Saguenay-St. Lawrence Tursujuq Yamaska

Biodiversity reserves	Caribous-de-Val-d’Or Karst-de-Saint-Elzéar Lacs-Vaudray-et-Joannès Météorite Uapishka

Ecological reserves	Aigle-à-Tête-Blanche André-Linteau André-Michaux Bog-à-Lanières Boisé-des-Muir Caribous-de-Jourdan Chicobi Charles-B.-Banville Chênaie-des-Îles-Finlay Claude-Mélançon Couchepaganiche Dunes-de-Berry Dunes-de-la-Moraine-d'Harricana Érablière-du-Trente-et-Un-Milles Ernest-Lepage Fernald Forêt-la-Blanche G.-Oscar-Villeneuve Grand-Lac-Salé Grande-Rivière Grands-Ormes Île-Brion Île-Garth Îles-Avelle-Wight-et-Hiam Irénée-Marie Irène-Fournier Jackrabbit James-Little J.-Clovis-Laflamme Judith-De Brésoles Jules-Carpentier Kettles-de-Berry Lac-à-la-Tortue Lac-Malakisis Léon-Provancher Lionel-Cinq-Mars Louis-Babel Louis-Ovide-Brunet Louis-Zéphirin-Rousseau Manche-d'Épée Marcel-Léger Marcelle-Gauvreau Marcel-Raymond Marie-Jean-Eudes Matamec Micocoulier Mine-aux-Pipistrelles Mont-Gosford Mont-Saint-Pierre Père-Louis-Marie Pin-Rigide Pointe-Heath Pointe-Platon Presqu'île-Robillard Ristigouche Rivière-aux-Brochets Rivière-du-Moulin Rivière-Rouge Rolland-Germain Ruisseau-de-l'Indien Samuel-Brisson Serpentine-de-Coleraine Tantaré Tapani Thomas-Fortin Thomas-Sterry-Hunt Tourbière-de-Shannon Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Vallée-du-Ruiter Victor-A.-Huard Vieux-Arbres William-Baldwin

Wildlife reserves	Ashuapmushuan Assinica Chic-Chocs Lacs-Albanel-Mistassini-et-Waconichi Dunière Laurentides La Vérendrye Mastigouche Matane Papineau-Labelle Port-Cartier-Sept-Îles Port-Daniel Portneuf Rimouski Rouge-Matawin Saint-Maurice

See also: Sépaq, Protected areas of Canada, List of Canadian provincial parks

Coordinates: 46°31′20″N 70°02′20″W / 46.5222°N 70.0389°W / 46.5222; -70.0389

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