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 The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Cens ...

, 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 ...

Geography

The territory of the Zec Lesueur is bounded on: * West by the

Gatineau River The Gatineau River (french: Rivière Gatineau, ) is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec. The river is long and drains ...

(from the Doyon Bay, located in the northern part of

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 ...

) and Zec Petawaga * East and south by the Zec Mitchinamecus * North by the Bazin River * South by the Notawassi River and Notawassi lake (except a bunch of terran about 1 km wide). The three highest peaks of the ZEC are located near the edge of the Zec Mitchinamecus: montagne de la Tour (mountain of the tour), montagne du Petit Duplessis (Little Mountain Duplessis) (419 m.), la montagne du Chaise (Mount Chair) (444 m.) et la montagne Perdue (449 m.). On the western edge of the ZEC, the

has several rapids: Esturgeon, Ceizur, "chutes du Serpent" (Falls of snake), rapides de la Trinité, Chantants (Singing), Pikes et Mocassins (at the mouth of the river Bazin). Journey to access to entrance station: * Lamerlière (main station): Take the route 117 to

Mont-Laurier Mont-Laurier () is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Lièvre River (''Rivière du Lièvre''), a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the "Capital of the Haute-Laurentides", the motto ...

. Take Highway 309 north to

Ferme-Neuve Ferme-Neuve (French for "New Farm") is a municipality part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is the largest incorporated municipality of the Laurentides region. The village is loc ...

. And take forest Road 17 up to the ZEC. The second option of route from

Sainte-Anne-du-Lac Sainte-Anne-du-Lac is a municipality and village in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. Sainte-Anne-du-Lac is the northernmost community in the Laurentides region, about from Mon ...

: take route 309 north, then use the forest road no. 2 up to the "Lac des Polonais" (lake of Poles). * Silver Lake (substation) at Km 11 of 11th via

Hunting and Fishing

On the territory of the ZEC, hunting is limited enrollment periods according to the types of hunting gear, sex beasts, for the following species:

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 ...

american black bear The American black bear (''Ursus americanus''), also called simply a black bear or sometimes a baribal, is a medium-sized bear endemic to North America. It is the continent's smallest and most widely distributed bear species. American black bear ...

, 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 ...

. Fishing has quota for

brook trout The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere ...

, lake trout,

pike Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

, walleye and

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

Toponymy

The name of the ZEC is directly related to lake Lesueur, located in the northern part of zec. The lake is located at 5.3 km east of the

, and is linked to a chain of lakes linked together by the Lesueur River (in the north-east to south-west) including lakes (starting from the most northerly): Carrière (Career), Pot (Jar), Dumain, "de la Vache" (Cow), Orphan, Lesueur, La Saussaye, Ouzel et Menneval. From the latter lake, Lesueur River flows west for 4 km to empty into the

. The name "Zec Lesueur" was formalized August 5, 1982 at the Bank of place names of 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 Quebec).Commission de toponymie du Quebec (Geographical Names Board of Quebec) - Bank of place names - Toponyme: Zec Lesueur
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References

Attachments

* Lac-Douaire, unorganized territory * Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, (MRC) *

, administrative region of Quebec *

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

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