Le Huard
The place
Le Huard in the Gaspésie, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts/Cap-Chat sector (Parc national de la Gaspésie, Chic-Chocs, Québec, Canada), at 537 m elevation, in the northern Appalachian Chic-Chocs range. Continuous cluster Québec Gaspésie Chic-Chocs (batches 250-382). SÉPAQ Chic-Chocs hut (Huard, Gavia immer, the common loon, an iconic boreal Québec/Canadian symbol appearing on the CAD dollar coin + Chic-Chocs, 700 km², established 1937, sole habitat of the Gaspésie caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), about 100 individuals in 2024, a critically endangered population, southernmost of the Appalachians + Mont Jacques-Cartier, 1268 m, highest peak in the southern Appalachians of Canada + International Appalachian Trail IAT-SIA, 3,500 km, USA-QC, completed 1994 + heritage of the Mi'kmaq/Micmac (an Algonquian people, 60,000 in the Atlantic region, speaking Mi'kmawi'simk + Bay of Chaleur, discovered and named by Cartier on 24 July 1534 + Restigouche, historic site of marronage + traditional Mi'kmaq Grand Council governance + 1999 Marshall Decision, Supreme Court ruling on ancestral crab/lobster fishing rights, a controversial case).
The setting
Gaspésie Sainte-Anne-des-Monts/Cap-Chat PN Gaspésie Chic-Chocs QC Canada 537 m northern Appalachian Chic-Chocs, continuous cluster batches 250-382, SÉPAQ Chic-Chocs hut Huard Gavia immer common loon boreal QC symbol on CAD coin + Chic-Chocs 700 km² established 1937 Gaspésie caribou Rangifer tarandus about 100 individuals 2024 critically endangered southernmost Appalachians + Jacques-Cartier 1268 m + IAT-SIA 3,500 km USA-QC completed 1994, Mi'kmaq/Micmac Algonquian 60,000 speaking Mi'kmawi'simk + Bay of Chaleur named by Cartier 24 July 1534 + Restigouche + Grand Council + 1999 Marshall Decision.
