Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park

The Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park is a provincial national park in Quebec located astride the unorganized territories of Lac-Pikauba and Mont-Élie, in the regional county municipality (RCM) of Charlevoix, in the administrative region of Capitale-National, in Quebec.

The management of this protected area is the responsibility of the Society of Outdoor Establishments of Quebec (SÉPAQ).

Understand
The park is one of the two central areas of the Charlevoix biosphere reserve which is a UNESCO biosphere reserve; the other being the Des Grands-Jardins National Park which is upstream on the course of the Malbaie River. These two preservation areas are popular with anglers, hikers, campers and vacationers.

Geography
This protected area covers an area of in mountainous and forested areas. It is in the eastern part of the Lac Jacques-Cartier massif, in the Laurentian mountain range and its territory borders the ZEC des Martres (west side). This park also encloses the territory of the Grands-Ormes ecological reserve.

This park is crossed by the Malbaie River, which has its source at Petit lac Tristan, which is located in a marshy area in a small mountain valley north of Quebec. The course of this river forms a half arc of a circle oriented towards the north and encircling in its centre entirely the watershed of the Gouffre River; the latter empties into the St. Lawrence River at Baie-Saint-Paul.

By car

 * From La Malbaie (, in 36 min), take Route 138 (westbound) to the village of Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs; take rue Principal (west) which becomes rang St-Jérôme, to the reception desk of the Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie national park.
 * From Tadoussac (, in 1 hr 51 min), take the Tadoussac-Baie Sainte-Catherine ferry; take route 138 (westbound), to the village of Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs; take rue Principal (west) which becomes rang St-Jérôme, to the reception desk of the Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie national park.
 * From Quebec City (, in 1 hr 55 min, take Route 138 (Eastbound), to the village of Saint-Hilarion; take chemin Cartier (heading north), to the reception desk of the Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie national park.