The Parc régional des Appalaches (in English: Appalaches Regional Park) is a regional park located in Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, Canada. This park includes lakes, forests, rivers, marshes, peat bogs and mountains.
Mission The "Parc régional des Appalaches" is a non-profit organization registered on 10 January 1997 at Registre des entreprises du Québec and its head-office is at Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard.Registre des entreprises du Québec - Parc régional des Appalaches
Toponymy The toponym "Parc régional des Appalaches" derives from the mountain range where it is located. Source: Commission de toponymie du Québec. Names and places of Quebec: illustrated dictionary, Quebec, Les Publications du Quebec, 2006, 925 p.
The toponym "Parc régional des Appalaches" was registered as of 28 September 2004 at the "Banque de noms de lieux" of Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Banque de noms de lieux.
Activities Created in 1997, in the heart of the Appalachian forest, the Appalachian Park is made up of many natural sites where we find eskers, waterfalls, peat bogs, lakes, rivers, mountains, the highest of which is the Grande Coulée Mountain (), Sugar Loaf Mountain () and Talon Lake mountain (). You will therefore find hiking trails, cycle paths and a canoe route in the summer season. In winter, snowshoeing and snow scooters are practiced on several trails in the Park. All the trails are adorned with sidewalks, stairs, walkways, gazebos and shelters, as well as resort infrastructure such as rustic or serviced campsites and shelters.
For their accommodation in the park, visitors can choose from a network of campsites, huts and cabins.
The network of hiking trails allows to be in contact with the wild nature and to view panoramas of lakes, rivers and mountains. Trails allow you to climb Mount Sugard Loaf and Montagne Grande Coulée, to their respective summit. Around thirty arched or suspended footbridges have been fitted out on the hiking trails to span rivers or bodies of water.
Footpaths The park has a network of 140 km of hiking trails.Official website of Appalaches Regional Park Number Name Length Sector 1 Lac-Talon Trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 2 Érablière trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 3 Chutes-du-Ruisseau-des-Cèdres Trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 4 Petit-Lac-des-Vases trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 5 Chutes-de-la-Devost Trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 6 Portage Trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 7 Moose Trail Grande-Coulée Mountain 8 Path of the Walls Saint-Fabien hiking trails 9 Hill Path Lac Carré 10 Pont-Brûlé trail Sugar Loaf Mountain 11 Sentier du Garde-Feu Sugar Loaf Mountain 12 Le Beauregard Trail Sugar Loaf Mountain 14 Beaver Trail Sugar Loaf Mountain 15 Le Trappeur Trail Peat bogs of Saint-Just-de-Bretenières 16 Le Frontalier Trail Peat bogs of Saint-Just-de-Bretenières 17 Peatland Trail Peat bogs of Saint-Just-de-Bretenières 18 Le Petit-Maine Trail Peat bogs of Saint-Just-de-Bretenières 19 Ghost Trail Grande-Coulée Mountain 20 * Abris-sous-Roches trail Grande-Coulée Mountain 21 * Le Lien Trail Grande-Coulée Mountain 22 Le Serpentin Trail Grande-Coulée Mountain 23 Le Raccourci Trail Sugar Loaf Mountain 24 * The Return Trail Grande-Coulée Mountain 25 Cabourons trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 26 Le Pêcheur Trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 27 Eskers Trail Grande-Coulée Mountain 28 Le Parcours-des-Caps trail Saint-Fabien hiking trails 44 * Le Merisier Trail The Grouse Garden 46 * Le Bûché trail The Grouse Garden 48 * Le Geai-Gris Trail The Grouse Garden Cascades-de-la-Loutre Trail Waterfalls of the Otter Le Défricheur Trail Sugar Loaf Mountain Montagne-du-Lac trail Lake Mountain
* Winter trail only
Notes and references
External links Parc des Appalaches