Pékan
The place
Pékan in Mauricie, La Tuque/Saint-Michel-des-Saints sector (Upper Mauricie, Québec, Canada), at 314 m elevation, Laurentian plateau. Continuous Québec Mauricie cluster (batches 234-360). Fishing/hunting camp on a ZEC or outfitter's land ("Pékan" = Martes pennanti, the marbled fisher marten, a 6 kg boreal mustelid carnivore + a predator of the porcupine Erethizon dorsatum, unique in North America + historically prized fisher fur, $200 apiece), an area of boreal fir-white birch forest + ZEC Bessonne Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 1000 km² salmon fishing + Saint-Maurice regional park + heritage of the Atikamekw (Algonquian people, Manawan, 3000 people, traditional Atikamekw language, Mauricie + Manawan, Wemotaci, Opitciwan reserves, land-claim disputes, 40% forestry, Resolute Forest Products litigation).
The setting
Mauricie La Tuque/Saint-Michel-des-Saints Upper Mauricie Québec Canada 314 m Laurentian plateau, continuous cluster batches 234-360, ZEC/outfitter fishing/hunting camp Pékan Martes pennanti marbled fisher marten 6 kg boreal mustelid predator of porcupine unique in North America + prized fur $200 apiece, fir-birch boreal forest + ZEC Bessonne 1000 km² salmon + Saint-Maurice, Atikamekw Algonquian Manawan 3000 Atikamekw + Manawan/Wemotaci/Opitciwan reserves land claims 40% forestry Resolute litigation.
