Ecureuil
The place
Écureuil in Charlevoix, Saint-Urbain/Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs sector (Grands-Jardins/Hautes-Gorges national park, Quebec, Canada), at 740 m elevation, Charlevoix plateau. Continuous Quebec Charlevoix cluster (batches 234-336). A SÉPAQ refuge ("Écureuil", the small rodent Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, the noisy red boreal squirrel), in a boreal fir-white birch stand area and near Grands-Jardins park (600 km² of exceptional subarctic alpine tundra outlier at 47°N, forest caribou reintroduced in 1969 but locally extinct by 2010 despite efforts), heritage of the Ilnu (Montagnais of Mashteuiatsh, 5,000, reserve).
The setting
Charlevoix, Saint-Urbain/Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs, Grands-Jardins/Hautes-Gorges, Quebec, Canada, 740 m, plateau, continuous cluster batches 234-336, SÉPAQ, Écureuil, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, boreal fir-birch stand, Grands-Jardins 600 km² subarctic alpine tundra outlier at 47°N, caribou reintroduced 1969, locally extinct 2010, Ilnu Mashteuiatsh 5,000.
