The Zec de Cap-Chat (formerly designated "Réserve faunique de Cap-Chat" (Wildlife Sanctuary of Cap-Chat)) is a "

zone d'exploitation contrôlée A ''zone d'exploitation contrôlée'' (in French; acronym ZEC) is a "Controlled harvesting zone" located in public lands areas of Quebec, in Canada. ZECs are a system of territorial infrastructures set up in 1978 by the Government of Quebec to take ...

" (Controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC) located in

unorganized territory Unorganized territory may refer to: * An unincorporated area in any number of countries * One of the current or former territories of the United States that has not had a government "organized" with an "organic act" by the U.S. Congress * Unorganize ...

of Rivière-Bonjour (River Good morning), in MRC

La Matanie Regional County Municipality La Matanie is a regional county municipality, located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, in Canada. From January 1, 1982 to March 9, 2013, it was known as Matane. The county seat is the city of Matane. Subdivisions There are 12 subdivi ...

, in the administrative region of

Bas-Saint-Laurent The Bas-Saint-Laurent (Lower Saint-Lawrence), is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlanti ...

, in

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 ...

, in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. This zec is administered by "Société de gestion de la rivière Cap-Chat".

Geography

"Zec de Cap-Chat" is located in the Gaspé Peninsula. The host entry of Zec is easily accessible. Visitors can use the route 132 along the southern coast of

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

, to the municipality of

Cap-Chat Cap-Chat is a town in the Canadian province of Québec, in the Regional County Municipality of Haute-Gaspésie, and in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Cap-Chat is found west of Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. , Cap-Chat's p ...

. The visitors then head south along "rue des Fonds", rue des Érables (the Maples Street) and "chemin du Cassette". These roads of the panoramic corridor goes along the Cap-Chat River, passing near the

Mount Logan Mount Logan () is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America after Denali. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount ...

(elevation of .) in the

Gaspésie National Park Gaspésie National Park (french: Parc national de la Gaspésie) is a provincial park located south of the town of Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada in the inland of the Gaspé peninsula. The park contains the highest peak of the Appalachian Mo ...

. Visitors can access the "camping du Ruisseau l'Islet" (Creek Islet campsite) (accessible by car) or Platforms Prospector (accessible by hiking). From the edge of the "ZEC de Cap-Chat", the Cap-Chat River flows north-east, then north on 57.5 km to its mouth in the

, in the municipality of

. And of this river is incorporated as a

(Controlled Harvesting Zone) which turn to be the ZEC de la Rivière-Cap-Chat.

Wildlife

Hunting is regulated on the ZEC. Hunters will need to consider quotas and follow the procedures (hunting season by species and gear hunting). The main species hunted on the ZEC are:

coyote The coyote (''Canis latrans'') is a species of canis, canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecologica ...

moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult mal ...

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...

black bear Black bear or Blackbear may refer to: Animals * American black bear (''Ursus americanus''), a North American bear species * Asian black bear (''Ursus thibetanus''), an Asian bear species Music * Black Bear (band), a Canadian First Nations group ...

, grouse and

Hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The ge ...

Toponymy

The term "Cap-Chat" refers to a set of designated places in the region of

lordship, two ZECs, township, city, bay, roads and streets, rivers, tip, canyon and butte. According to 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), the term "Cap-Chat" appears in 29 names on the territory of the

, including the city, the river, the small-river, ZEC, the lordship township, bay and roads.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cap-Chat, Zec de Zone d'exploitation contrôlée Protected areas of Bas-Saint-Laurent Protected areas of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Protected areas established in 1992 1992 establishments in Quebec

Geography

Wildlife

Toponymy

See also

References