Frontenac National Park (french: Parc national de Frontenac) is a 156.5 km
2 provincial park in southeastern
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada,
created in 1987 and governed by
Société des établissements de plein air du Québec. The park is located along
Lac Saint-François
Lake Saint Francis (french: lac Saint-François) is a lake which borders southeastern Ontario, southwestern Quebec and northern New York State. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. The lake forms par ...
roughly halfway between
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
and
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...
. The nearest city is
Thetford Mines.
See also
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National Parks of Canada
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List of National Parks of Canada
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List of Quebec national parks
This list of protected areas of Quebec includes federally, provincially and municipally administered parks and wildlife reserves in Quebec, the largest province in Canada.
National Parks
Note that both federally and provincially administe ...
References
External links
Official site
National parks of Quebec
Protected areas of Chaudière-Appalaches
Protected areas of Estrie
Protected areas established in 1987
1987 establishments in Quebec
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