Refuge du Défricheur
Québec · Canada0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Refuge du Défricheur in the Chaudière-Appalaches/Charlevoix region, Cap-Saint-Ignace/Montmagny/Sainte-Perpétue area (Québec, Canada), at 371 m elevation, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Part of the continuous Québec cluster (batches 234-245). An outdoor refuge (Sépaq/zec) commemorating the défricheurs (settlers who cleared the virgin forests of the New World, 17th-19th centuries). An area of Appalachian Laurentian maple groves and mixed forest along the river.
The setting
Chaudière-Appalaches, Cap-Saint-Ignace/Montmagny, Québec, 371 m; continuous cluster batches 234-245; south shore of the St. Lawrence; défricheurs, settlers, 17th-19th century; Appalachian maple grove.
