Baie de l'Isle-Verte explained

Baie de l'Isle-Verte (French for "Green Island Bay") is a 22.2km2 coastal wetland along the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It was designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on May 27, 1987,[1] is classified as a globally significant Important Bird Area,[2] and contains a National Wildlife Area and Migratory Bird Sanctuary. It is located in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality, in the municipality of L'Isle-Verte.[3]

Within the wetland is a 797 hectare area managed by the Canadian Wildlife Service, of which 406 hectares was designated a National Wildlife Area[4] in 1980.[5] This was created to protect the spartina marshes, which intertidal zone is an important breeding area for the American black duck and other migratory Anatidae.[6] It also consists of recreational facilities including hiking trails and observation towers, as well as exhibits on peatlands and tidal marshes at the Maison Girard Interpretation Centre, and summer school programmes.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Annotated Ramsar List: Canada . The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance . Ramsar Convention Bureau . 10 January 2000 . 30 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080129161427/http://www.ramsar.org/profile/profiles_canada.htm . 29 January 2008 . dead .
  2. Web site: Marais de la baie de L'Isle-Verte . IBA Canada . 30 January 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612091753/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=QC042 . 12 June 2011 .
  3. Web site: Wildlife Area Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1609) . Department of Justice Canada . 30 January 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605043028/http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cr/C.R.C.-c.1609 . 5 June 2011 .
  4. Web site: Baie de l'Isle-Verte National Wildlife Area general information . Environment Canada . 30 January 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061003062159/http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/faune/faune/html/nwa_biv_info.html . October 3, 2006 .
  5. Web site: Baie de l'Isle-Verte National Wildlife Area. https://archive.today/20121216030622/http://www.tourisme.gouv.qc.ca/us-en/fiches/en/attraits/3178675.html. dead. 16 December 2012. Tourisme Québec. 30 January 2008.
  6. Web site: Baie de l'Isle-Verte National Wildlife Area . . 30 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141443/http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/faune/faune/html/nwa_biv.html . 6 May 2008 . dead .

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