Montagne-du-Diable Regional Park
| Montagne-du-Diable Regional Park | |
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| Location | Canada, Quebec, Laurentides, Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality |
| Nearest city | Mont-Laurier |
| Coordinates | 46°43′20″N 75°33′18″W / 46.72225°N 75.55498°W |
| Designated | 2012 |
| Administrator | Parc régional de la Montagne du Diable |
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The Montagne-du-Diable Regional Park (in French: Parc régional Montagne du Diable) is a regional park located in the municipality of Ferme-Neuve, in the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Laurentides, in Quebec, in Canada.
History
[edit]The Mount Sir-Wilfrid was named in 1932 in honor of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919) who was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The proximity of the mountain to the municipality of Mont-Laurier would have a link in the choice of the toponym of the mountain.[1]
Main features and activities
[edit]This park is open year-round. In summer, visitors can go hiking, mountain biking, canoeing/kayaking, paddle boarding, hebertism circuit, outdoor day camp. The winter activities are: snowshoeing, classic skiing, Nordic skiing, skating no skating, ski hok, fatbike, acadéski.[2]
The Village des Bâtisseurs has several infrastructures for recreational tourism activities:
- Eight nature chalets, six of which have a capacity of 6 to 10 people, and two chalets on stilts with a capacity of 4 to 6 people;
- Five unserviced campsites on the shores of "Lac de la Montagne";[2]
The Mount Sir-Wilfrid is covered by three storeys of tree types: the maple-yellow birch grove at the bottom of the mountain; a mixture of white birch and softwood as it approaches 500 meters above sea level; the boreal forest, on top of the mountain.[3]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Source: Work "Noms et lieux du Québec" (Names and places of Quebec), work by the Commission de toponymie published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary.
- ^ a b Official website of the Montagne du Diable Regional Park.
- ^ La Route du Lièvre Rouge - La Montagne du Diable / Mont Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier