The Seigneurie du Triton is a hunting and fishing

outfitter An outfitter is a shop or person that sells specialized clothes (an ''outfit'' is a set of clothing). More specifically, it is a company or individual who provides or deals in equipment and supplies for the pursuit of certain activities. In North ...

located in the municipality of Lake Edouard, in the administrative region of

Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km² (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...

, in

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. The outfitter has exclusive rights to of wilderness, and is a private enterprise accessible only by water.

Geography

This outfitter territory is part of the biodiversity reserve of the territory of Triton, which covers an area of . It is located about (in direct line) northeast of

La Tuque La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 sq ...

downtown. The larger reserve is part of the territory of

in the administrative region of

, and in part on the unorganized territory of

Lac-Croche, Quebec Lac-Croche is an unorganized territory (Quebec), unorganized territory in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, in the north of La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, taking up more than 50% of this regional county. It is unpo ...

, the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality of the Capitale-Nationale administrative region. The coordinates of this reserve, located in the natural province of

Laurentian mountains The Laurentian Mountains ( French: ''Laurentides'') are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of at Mont Raoul Blanchard, northeast of Quebec City in the Laurentid ...

, are between 47° 28' and 47° 43' north latitude and 71° 50' and 72° 15' west longitude. This area includes the area of "Lake of Three Caribous" and "Lake Brûlé".

History

The Seigneurie du Triton, originally known as the "Triton Fish & Game Club", is one of the oldest clubs of hunting and fishing in

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. The railway engineer Alexander Luders Light founded the "Triton Fish and Game Club" in 1886, in an area with more than 200 lakes. Formerly very aristocratic, the club has hosted great personalities of world history, including

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

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and Harry Truman, as well as members of the

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and Molson families. Built in 1893, the Club House is decorated with old photos, artifacts, trophies preserved through taxidermy and antique furniture. The architectural heritage of the Club House and the site was respected. The ground floor of the Club House includes the Hall of Presidents, three dining rooms, bar, den and a shop. Visitors will find five fireplaces and wood stoves. The Club House features 22 rooms, all rustic and of modest dimensions. The property also includes lodges built in woodlands, as well as Amerindian-style lodgings in tipis situated on the banks of the Batiscan River, and cottages situated on lakeshores. The Seigneurie du Triton is directly accessible by water only, but the nearby Triton Club train station is serviced by VIA Rail several times a week on its

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-to- Jonquière route. In earlier years, local train service was available between Hervey-Jonction (in

) and

Chambord Chambord can refer to: * Chambord (liqueur), a brand of raspberry-flavored liqueur * Château de Chambord, a French ''château'' built in the 16th century * Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, the French commune where the ''château'' is located * Chambord, ...

(

Lac-Saint-Jean Lac-Saint-Jean () is a federal electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, northeast Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004, and has been represented since 2015. Demographics :' ...

). Triton Club station is located near Lac-à-la-Croix, at by road from the village of Lake-Edouard. Parking is located near to the train station, and boats from the seigneurie pick up guests arriving by car or rail by arrangement to take them to the main facilities. The facility provides a range of outdoors activities including canoeing and boating, an extensive network of nature trails and nature observation posts, fishing, and hunting. The outfitter's territory covers , including 12 lakes and

Batiscan River The Batiscan River is located in La Mauricie administrative region, in the Quebec province, Canada. This river flows from Lake Édouard in Mauricie south and west to empty into the St. Lawrence River at Batiscan, Quebec, northeast of Trois-Rivi ...

. The largest lakes of this area are:

Lac aux Biscuits The lac aux Biscuits (Cookies Lake) (formerly named "Lac à la Croix" in French or Cross Lake in English) is located in Haute-Batiscanie in the municipality of Lac-Édouard, Quebec, in La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in t ...

Lac La Charité Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is ''Kerria lacca''. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infes ...

and Lac-à-la-Croix. This lake is part of the course of the

Toponymy

Triton Triton commonly refers to: * Triton (mythology), a Greek god * Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to: Biology * Triton cockatoo, a parrot * Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus' ...

is a sea god in Greek mythology, son of

Poseidon Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ch ...

and

Amphitrite In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (; grc-gre, Ἀμφιτρίτη, Amphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and the wife of Poseidon. She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys).Roman, L., & Rom ...

. The largest moon of

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was also named after

. The railway station "Club-Triton" was officially registered as of December 5, 1968, at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...

(Geographical Names Board of Québec). Its decimal coordinates are: longitude -72.24389, 47.61306 latitude.

Notes and references

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See also

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