Charlevoix

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Charlevoix (

History

The region was named after

From an administrative point of view, the "Charlevoix region" does not exist in itself, but is rather made up of the

• Baie-Saint-Paul, an important arts centre
• Le Domaine Forget music festival and academy
• Île aux Coudres
• the Parc des Grands-Jardins
• the Haute-Gorges de la Rivière Malbaie
• the Manoir Richelieu and the Casino de Charlevoix
• the fjord of the Saguenay River
• the Commission scolaire de Charlevoix
• the Museum of Charlevoix

Natural history

The topography of this region was dramatically altered by a meteorite impact that occurred 350 million years ago creating the Charlevoix impact structure:

The impact created the forty-mile-wide crater that is the heart of Quebec's Charlevoix region, ranging from just west of Baie-Saint-Paul to just east of La Malbaie. Today, the area inside the crater is home to 90 percent of Charlevoix residents and is a very pastoral setting by comparison to what it could have been.^[3]

This area was subsequently reshaped by

There have been several major earthquakes in the region in recorded history:

• on February 5, 1663, centred south of La Malbaie. See 1663 Charlevoix earthquake.
• on December 6, 1791, centred near Baie-Saint-Paul
• on October 17, 1860, centred under the Saint Lawrence River
• on October 20, 1870, centred near Baie-Saint-Paul. See 1870 Charlevoix earthquake
• on February 28, 1925, centred under the Saint Lawrence River. See 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake.

Ecological characteristics

Situated some 80 km east of Quebec City, Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve borders the Saint Lawrence River to the south.^[4] Extending from 5 to 1,150 metres above sea level, the area comprises agricultural areas, river ecosystems, estuarine tidal marshes and flats, coniferous and mixed forests, stunted vegetation (krummholz) and mountain tundra ecosystems.^[4]

Maple forests including paper birch (

About 30,000 people live in the biosphere reserve (1988), which covers 457,000 hectares. In former times, the population of Charlevoix used to rely on the river and the sea, for example on coastal navigation, marine constructions and fisheries (e.g. beluga, eel).[4]

Today, the economic landscape has diversified and major factors in the local economy are now forestry, silica mining, agriculture and tourism.^[4] The forest education centre ‘Les Palissades’ or the ecological centre ‘Port-au-Saumon’ are important institutions for environmental education in the area.^[4]

Transportation

The Train de Charlevoix, a tourist rail service, links the coastal communities of Charlevoix to Quebec City.

Charlevoix Airport is a small regional airport serving the region.

See also

• Charlevoix (federal electoral district)
• List of earthquakes in Canada
• List of Quebec regions

Sources

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 (license statement/permission). Text taken from Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve​, UNESCO.

Further reading

• Dufour, Daniel (1986). Répertoire cartobibliographique de Charlevoix. Baie-Saint-Paul: Société d'histoire de Charlevoix.
  ISBN 978-2-9800595-0-6
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