Halte La Pêche
The place
Halte La Pêche in Mauricie, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts/Mékinac sector (Mauricie national park, Quebec, Canada), at 194 m elevation, Precambrian Canadian Shield. Continuous Quebec Mauricie cluster (batches 250-377). A Parks Canada fishing/bivouac stop (Mauricie National Park, 536 km², established 1970, Quebec's only federal park + Saint-Maurice River, 563 km, a tributary of the Saint Lawrence + Shawinigan, pop. 50,000, iconic hydroelectric power station, 1900-1929, Alcoa aluminium + heritage of the Atikamekw (an Algonquian people, Manawan/Wemotaci/Opitciwan, 3,000, Atikamekw language, traditionally in Mauricie + land claims over 40% of the area, disputes with Résolu Forest Products + maple syrup heritage, 1610, Grand Mistigueshkw, the first attested extraction on the continent, practised by Indigenous peoples for 3,000 years and shared with French settlers + Rangifer tarandus, the Mauricie caribou, 30 individuals in 2024, a critically endangered population).
The setting
Mauricie, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts/Mékinac, Mauricie National Park, Quebec, Canada, 194 m, Precambrian Canadian Shield, continuous cluster batches 250-377, Parks Canada fishing/bivouac stop, 536 km², established 1970, Quebec's only federal park + Saint-Maurice River 563 km tributary of the Saint Lawrence + Shawinigan pop. 50,000 hydroelectric power station 1900-1929 Alcoa aluminium, Atikamekw Algonquian Manawan/Wemotaci/Opitciwan 3,000 traditionally in Mauricie + land claims over 40% of the forested area disputes with Résolu + maple syrup 1610 Grand Mistigueshkw first attested extraction by Indigenous peoples 3,000 years, shared with French settlers + Rangifer tarandus Mauricie caribou 30 individuals 2024 critically endangered.
