Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
National park reserve in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve or Mingan Archipelago Heritage Site bathes in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the municipality of Havre-Saint -Pierre, facing Anticosti Island.
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve | |
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Location | Havre-Saint-Pierre / Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, Minganie Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada |
Nearest city | Sept-Îles, Quebec |
Coordinates | 50°13′N 63°10′W |
Area | 151 km2 (58 sq mi) |
Established | 1984 |
Visitors | 28,862 (in 2007) |
Governing body | Parks Canada |
Official name | Site patrimonial de l'Archipel-de-Mingan |
Type | Declared heritage site |
Designated | 1978-11-15 |
Accessible by sea or by air, the reserve protects a thousand islands, islets of rocks, cays and limestone reefs in a mosaic of several ecosystems coexisting on small island surfaces.
The reserve is home to the largest concentration of erosion monoliths in Canada, important fossil sites, unique ecological environments, alpine arctic flora, including the Mingan thistle, seabirds with the largest concentrations of Arctic terns, Common terns and Common eiders of the St. Lawrence.[1][2][3][4]