Grands-Jardins National Park | Places We Visit in Quebec
Grands-Jardins National Park is another core element of the Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve. The park’s name— “great gardens”— refers to its expansive carpets of ground lichen, ancient boreal forest and arctic vegetation not typically found at this latitude. Massive rock peaks jut up through the northern flora, and from their summits the vast footprint of the Charlevoix crater is visible, a 33-mile-wide impact zone formed by a massive meteorite 360 million years ago.
Although they are rare to see, the park is also an important rutting location for woodland caribou, In July 2021, the government approved a plan to build an enclosure for the caribou in the park to help protect the females and young through the winter in the hopes of increasing their population.
Although they are rare to see, the park is also an important rutting location for woodland caribou, In July 2021, the government approved a plan to build an enclosure for the caribou in the park to help protect the females and young through the winter in the hopes of increasing their population.
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