The ZEC Petawaga is a " zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) located in the area of

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, in Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, in the

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. Zec Petawaga straddles the municipality of

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as well as the unorganized territories of Lac-Marguerite and Lac-Douaire. The zec is managed by the "Association chasse et pêche de la région de Mont-Laurier inc". The zec was created in 1978 and covers an area of .

Geography

Zec Petawaga shares its boundaries with the

Zec Lesueur The ZEC Lesueur is a " zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC) in the unorganized territory of Lac Douaire, in Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Laurentides, in Quebec, in Ca ...

in the east, La Verendrye Wildlife Reserve in the west. Its eastern border is the

Baskatong Reservoir The Baskatong Reservoir (french: Réservoir Baskatong) is a man-made lake in western Quebec, Canada. It was formed following the construction of the Mercier Dam ( fr) in 1927 and has an area of 413 km2. Since 2007, a 55 MW generating station ...

. The zec is bounded on the north by the free territory extending to Clova. Zec counts 314 lakes, of which a hundred are used for recreational fishing.

History

Founded in 1952, the "l'association chasse et pêche de la région de Mont-Laurier inc" had originally the mission of seeding fishes. After organizing several sports-related activities and social in the region, the association has established the International Classic boat which attracted more than 15,000 people annually. In 1978, the Quebec government entrusted the association is responsible for administering the ZEC Petawaga.

Toponymy

Petawaga comes from the original word in Algonquin . This name took over the place-name Petawaga Lake, which is located in the ZEC.

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, municipality * Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, (MRC) *

, an administrative region of

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* Zone d'exploitation contrôlée (Controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC)

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