Baie de l'Isle-Verte
Baie de l’Isle-Verte (French for "Green Island Bay") is a 22.2 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi) coastal wetland along the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It was designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on May 27, 1987,[1] is classified as a globally significant Important Bird Area,[2] and contains a National Wildlife Area and Migratory Bird Sanctuary. It is located in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality, in the municipality of L’Isle-Verte.[3]
Within the wetland is a 797 hectare area managed by the Canadian Wildlife Service, of which 406 hectares was designated a National Wildlife Area[4] in 1980.[5] This was created to protect the spartina marshes, which intertidal zone is an important breeding area for the American Black Duck and other migratory Anatidae.[1][6] It also consists of recreational facilities including hiking trails and observation towers, as well as exhibits on peatlands and tidal marshes at the Maison Girard Interpretation Centre, and summer school programmes.[4]
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- ^ a b "The Annotated Ramsar List: Canada". The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar Convention Bureau. 10 January 2000. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080129161427/http://www.ramsar.org/profile/profiles_canada.htm. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
- ^ "Marais de la baie de L'Isle-Verte". IBA Canada. http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=QC042. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
- ^ "Wildlife Area Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1609)". Department of Justice Canada. http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cr/C.R.C.-c.1609. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Baie de l’Isle-Verte National Wildlife Area general information". Environment Canada. http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/faune/faune/html/nwa_biv_info.html. Retrieved 30 January 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Baie de l'Isle-Verte National Wildlife Area". Tourisme Québec. http://www.tourisme.gouv.qc.ca/us-en/fiches/en/attraits/3178675.html. Retrieved 30 January 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Baie de l’Isle-Verte National Wildlife Area". Environment Canada. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080506141443/http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/faune/faune/html/nwa_biv.html. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
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