Established 1978 | Area 800 km² | |
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Location Canada, Quebec, Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality Nearest city Lac-Douaire, unorganized territory | ||
The Zec de la Maison-de-Pierre is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC), located in the unorganized territory Lac-Douaire, in the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, in Laurentides, in Quebec, in Canada. This Zec of 800 square kilometres (310 sq mi) was created in 1978.
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Geography
The ZEC is adjacent to the ZEC Mazana (north) and the ZEC Boullé located in the extreme northeast (their common border is short) and the National Park of Mount Tremblant on the east side. The Rivière Rouge (Quebec) is the eastern boundary of the territory of the "Zec de la Maison-de-Pierre".
The area of the zec has 220 lakes, the most important are: Curières, de la Maison-de-Pierre (located at the center of the zec), Lanthier (on West) and Rupert. The other lakes are: À l’Aigle, Adèle, Adrien, Arden, Avon, Banane, Barrette, Beauchamp, Bessons, Bienvenue, Blais, Bonn, Brown, Bruce, Bruno, Buda, Caron, Cassidy, Charest, Charles, Chez-Nous, Chopin, Cinq-Mars, Clabo, Claude, Claudette, Clion, Clos, Conscrit, Corinne, Croche, Daughnut, De la Massue, Dollard, Dreux, Du Chantier, Dufort, Dufrost, Duhaime, Duret, Elgin, Elko, En Cœur, Faradon, Fillion, Foisy, Franchère, François, Fronde, Gaudet, Gilles, Gorion, Hackette, Hatchery, Horace, Inconnu, Jacques, Jean-Paul, Joanne, Joce (Boce), Jocelyne, John, Jules, Kalmar, Kalso, Keepover, Labrosse, Lac du Bouleau Blanc, Lacasse, Lépine, Linda, Lise, Loubias, Lulu, Macaouago, Marcelle, Marco, Marguerite, Médora, Mireille, Mondette, Nicole, Nipper, Offset, Ouimet, Paul, Pegaud, Perrier, Petit-lac de la Maison de Pierre, Petits lacs Verts, Racicot, Raymond, Robertson, Russell, Saint-Laurent, Saul, Séré, Sonoma, Sunset, Tebana, Tern, Thérèse, Trego, Tremblant, Trinité, Vase, Watson and Yvan.
The first entrance station of Zec is located near Lake Russel (south-west of the zec) and the second is located near Lake Curières (south).
Protection of Land
"Zec de la Maison-de-Pierre" is not a protected area recognized by the Government of Quebec, like all other zecs, because forestry and mining are allowed.
Hunting and Fishing
On the territory of the ZEC, hunting is restricted according to the periods, the types of hunting gear, sex beasts (moose), for the following species: moose, black bear, grouse and hare.
Fishing quotas are applicable in the zec for brook trout, lake trout, pike and walleye.