| Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook | |
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| Type | Private Park |
| Location | Coaticook, Quebec, Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°08′41″N 71°47′51″W / 45.14472°N 71.79750°W |
| Area | 615 acres (248.88 ha)[1] |
| Elevation | 290–300 meters (951.44–984.25 ft)[2] |
| Owned by | Société de développement de la Gorge de Coaticook[3] |
| Administered by | Caroline Sage[1]
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| Visitors | 228,000 (2019)[4] 200,000 (2020)[4] 326,394 (2021)[5] 314,137 (2022)[6] 265 647 (2023)[7] |
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| Camp sites | A, C, E, N, P, S, V and O (Overflow) |
| Hiking trails | Gorge trail, Mountain trail, Promenade trail and Tillotson trail |
| Facilities | Accueil Denis Maurais, Accueil du Grange ronde |
| Website | https://gorgedecoaticook.qc.ca/en/ |
The Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook (English: Park of the Coaticook Gorge) is a non-profit private park located in the town of Coaticook, Quebec. Situated principally on its namesake, the Coaticook Gorge, the park offers a multitude of different activities in both summer and winter seasons, namely camping, hiking trails, mountain biking, snowshoeing, fatbike and its night experience, Foresta Lumina. Built in 1988, one of the most major attractions of the park is its suspension footbridge, spanning the gorge at a total of 169 meters (554 feet).
The park has three main facilities: the Accueil Denis-Maurais, from which the Gorge trail, Foresta Lumina and suspension bridge are accessible; the Accueil du Grange ronde, the administrative center at which the camping, three other trails and all winter activities are; and the Parc Découverte Nature, offering activities revolving around fishing and pisciculture, as well as its interactive experience, Acoatica.
History
editBy 1940, the Coaticook Gorge had already become a tourist spot for those passing through the industrial town. While 30 years early, discussions on creating a municipal park had already begun, with propositions of expanding and creating touristic infrastructure, such as picnic spaces, parking and more.[9] In 1975, however, planning for the development of a park would be taken to different levels of government, with the provincial Ministry of Tourism signaling its support and involvement in the creation of a park on the Coaticook gorge in February of 1975.[10]
Work started soon thereafter, continuing on intensively for the next few years. Many of the initial plans paved the way to the contemporary activities of the park, including the establishing of campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic and barbeque areas as well as the repairing of the covered bridge that spanned the Coaticook River on the St-Marc road.[11]
Geography
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https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/hq/2023-v29-n1-hq08840/102981ac/
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cd/2022-n150-cd07419/100313ac/
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cgq/1986-v30-n80-cgq2652/021803ar/
Activities
editParc Découverte Nature
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https://www.leprogres.net/actualites/la-pisciculture-de-baldwin-sera-bientot-renovee/
Foresta Lumina
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https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/20049
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/etcmedia/2017-n111-etcmedia03197/86475ac/
References
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https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3658652?docsearchtext=parc%20gorge%20coaticook
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3682510?docsearchtext=parc%20gorge%20coaticook
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3682809?docsearchtext=parc%20gorge%20coaticook
https://cignfm.ca/audios-balados/episode-6-denis-maurais-le-pere-du-parc-de-la-gorge-de-coaticook/
https://www.coaticook.ca/upload/DOCUMENTS/communiques-de-presse/communique-2016-06-13.pdf
- ^ a b Cliche, Vincent (11 February 2015). "Des projets farfelus à la naissance du Parc de la gorge". Le Progrès de Coaticook. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Lostracco, Ben. "Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook-Tour Couillard, Québec". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Societe De Developpement De La Gorge De Coaticook Inc". Charitable Impact. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b Jacques, Dany (7 April 2021). "La pandémie déstabilise peu le Parc de la gorge". Le Progrès de Coaticook (in French). No. 17. p. 4. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Caron, Christian (7 April 2022). "Des statistiques records en 2021 pour le Parc de la Gorge". CIGN-FM. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
Concrètement, le Parc de la Gorge a reçu 326,394 (+ 22%) visiteurs pour l'année [...]
- ^ Petit, Josée (9 March 2023). "Le Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook et le Parc Découverte Nature revisitent 2022 et annoncent les projets 2023". Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Cliche, Vincent (14 March 2024). "Malgré une baisse d'achalandage, le Parc de la gorge de Coaticook a tiré son épingle du jeu en 2023". Le Progrès de Coaticook. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "About us". Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Board of trade discusses plans to develop Coaticook gorge as scenic and tourist attraction". The Coaticook Observer. No. 14. 8 March 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Coaticook". La tribune. No. 302. RD. 12 February 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
Le ministre du Tourisme a informé les échevins qu'il est disposé à leur fournir un conseiller technique gouvernemental pour la préparation du plan d'aménagement des gorges de la rivière Coaticook.
- ^ "Le développement des gorges va bon train!". La tribune. No. 386. RD. 31 May 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 30 July 2024.