Refuge de l'Érablière
The place
Refuge de l'Érablière in the Gaspésie, New Richmond/Nouvelle area (south shore of the Saint Lawrence, Chaleur Bay, Québec, Canada), at 251 m elevation, foothills of the Chic-Chocs. Continuous Québec Gaspésie cluster (batches 234-350). Sugar maple grove refuge (Acer saccharum sugar maple, Québec's emblematic tree, producing 71% of the world's maple syrup, 175 M kg/year, Fédération PPAQ tradition dating to 1867, sugaring-off season), area with humid boreal maple-yellow birch grove and Chaleur Bay (200 km bay walled by 19th-century ships from Trois-Rivières + New Carlisle, heritage of American Loyalists 1783, United Empire Loyalists, 400,000 refugees from rebel colonies), heritage of the Mi'gmaq (Algonquian people, Wolinak/Gesgapegiag/Restigouche 20,000, Listuguj reserve, ancestral territory Mi'gma'ki 700,000 km² across NB-NS-QC-Newfoundland and Labrador).
The setting
Gaspésie New Richmond/Nouvelle south shore of St. Lawrence Chaleur Bay Québec Canada 251 m Chic-Chocs foothills, continuous cluster batches 234-350, maple grove Acer saccharum Québec's emblem, 71% of world's syrup 175 M kg/year PPAQ 1867, humid boreal maple-yellow birch grove, Chaleur Bay 200 km 19th-century ships Trois-Rivières + New Carlisle Loyalists 1783 UEL 400,000 refugees from rebel colonies, Mi'gmaq Algonquian Wolinak/Gesgapegiag/Restigouche 20,000 Listuguj Mi'gma'ki 700,000 km² NB-NS-QC-NL.
