Refuge de l'Érable
The place
Refuge de l'Érable in the Outaouais, Val-des-Monts/Buckingham area (Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada), at 276 m of altitude, on the southern Laurentian Canadian Shield. Part of the continuous Quebec/Outaouais cluster (batches 250-383, 2 listings near Refuge du Trappeur batch 371, coord 45.81/-75.17). A sugar-shack-style refuge tied to Gatineau Park's maple-syrup heritage (Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, iconic in Ontario/Québec, producing 80% of the world's maple syrup, 12 million litres annually in 2024, a culinary heritage) + Gatineau Park, 361 km², established 1938, managed by the NCC (National Capital Commission), Canada's only federal park + the Gatineau River, 386 km, a tributary of the Ottawa River + Ottawa, population 990,000, the federal capital + the neo-Gothic Parliament (1859-1927), Queen Victoria's 1857 selection of the city representing a compromise between Ontario and Québec + the heritage of the Algonquin Anishinabeg (an Algonquian people, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, 1500 people, speaking Anishinaabemowin + William Commanda 1913-2011, spiritual chief of Kitigan Zibi and keeper of the Three Fires wampum belt).
The setting
Outaouais Val-des-Monts/Buckingham Gatineau Park QC Canada 276 m southern Laurentian Shield, continuous cluster batches 250-383 2 listings near Trappeur 371 coord 45.81/-75.17, sugar-shack refuge Gatineau Park Acer saccharum maple syrup 80% of world 12M L/yr 2024 + Gatineau Park 361 km² 1938 NCC Canada's only federal park + Gatineau River 386 km tributary of Ottawa River + Ottawa pop 990,000 federal capital + neo-Gothic parliament 1859-1927 Victoria 1857, Algonquin Anishinabeg Kitigan Zibi 1500 Anishinaabemowin + William Commanda 1913-2011 spiritual chief Three Fires wampum belt.
