Refuge le Grand-Duc
The place
Refuge le Grand-Duc in the Laurentians, Val-David/Sainte-Adèle area (Val-David-Val-Morin regional park, Quebec, Canada), at 501 m altitude, on the Laurentian plateau of the Canadian Shield. Continuous Quebec Laurentians cluster (batches 234-382). Cross-Canada ski/hiking refuge (Grand-Duc, Bubo virginianus, great horned owl, 60 cm, iconic boreal QC bird + Val-David, historic ski resort since 1930, iconic + Val-Morin sister town + P'tit Train du Nord network, former railway converted to a multi-use trail, 232 km Bois-des-Filion-Mont-Laurier, completed 1994 + heritage of Curé Antoine Labelle 1833-1891, priest who led colonization of the Laurentians for 30 years, 3 million hectares of poplar, apostle of colonization, bishop + heritage of the Anishinabeg Mohawks (Algonquian/Iroquoian peoples + Oka Crisis, 78 days, 11 July-26 September 1990, Sûreté du Québec blockade vs. Mohawks of Kanesatake, ancestral lands, Oka golf course, 3 inches of soil, iconic Indigenous-Canadian State confrontation).
The setting
Laurentians, Val-David/Sainte-Adèle, Val-David-Val-Morin regional park, QC Canada, 501 m, Laurentian plateau, Canadian Shield, continuous cluster batches 234-382, Ski/hiking refuge Grand-Duc, Bubo virginianus, 60 cm boreal QC owl + Val-David ski 1930 iconic + Val-Morin + P'tit Train du Nord 232 km Bois-des-Filion-Mont-Laurier 1994 + Curé Labelle 1833-1891 Laurentian colonization 30 years 3M ha poplar bishop, Anishinabeg Mohawks Algonquian/Iroquoian + Oka 78 days 11 July-26 Sept 1990 SQ vs Mohawks Kanesatake Oka golf course 3 inches confrontation.
