Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve

The Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve is one of four Quebec reserves in the network of Canadian biosphere reserves by UNESCO. Its territory straddles the regional county municipalities (RCM) of Charlevoix and Charlevoix-Est, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Québec, in Canada.

This reserve is administered by the Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve Corporation. It is part of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme.

The reserve, with a total area of 12,900 km² (5,000 sq mi) including its transition zone of 7,430 km² (2,870 sq mi), covers the entire Charlevoix region, i.e., the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality and Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality. The Charlevoix crater is entirely included in the transition zone.

• 47.43852-70.50661 Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve Corporation, 63 rue Ambroise-Fafard, Baie-Saint-Paul, ☏ +1 418-617-1979, [email protected]. M–F 09:00–17:00.  (updated Jan 2022)

• Saguenay–Saint-Laurent Marine Park

• Grands-Jardins National Park
• Hautes-Gorges-de-la-rivière-Malbaie National Park

• Unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba
• Unorganized territory of Mont-Élie
• Unorganized territory of Sagard
• Grands-Ormes Ecological Reserve
• Petite-Rivière-Saint-François

North shore of the St. Lawrence from south-west to north-east: Baie-Saint-Paul, Saint-Urbain, Les Éboulements, L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Saint-Hilarion, Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Saint-Irénée, La Malbaie, Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs, Clermont, Saint-Siméon, Baie-Sainte-Catherine

The buffer zone is crossed along its entire length, from southwest to northeast, by the Québec national road 138.

• At Baie-Saint-Paul (near the limit of Saint-Urbain), take Route 381 for the Grands-Jardins National Park.
• At Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs, take the rue Principale (rang St-Aimé) then rang St-Jérôme, for the Hautes-Gorges-de-la-rivière-Malbaie National Park.

Quebec City ← Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré ←	W  E	→ La Malbaie → Tadoussac
Saguenay (ville) ← Ferland-et-Boilleau ←	N  S	→ Saint-Urbain → Baie-Saint-Paul