ZEC Ménokéosawin

The ZEC Ménokéosawin is a controlled exploitation zone (ZEC) in the northeast part of La Tuque Region, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec.

This ZEC was incorporated in 1978, following the abolition of private hunting & fishing clubs on public land. This zec is administered by the North Bostonnais River hunting-fishing association.

ZEC Ménokéosawin has three vocations: forestry, wildlife and recreational. The main recreational tourism activities on the territory of the zec are: hiking, picking berries or mushrooms, hunting, fishing, nautical activities (swimming, canoeing, kayaking, boating), mountain biking, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, cycling mountain, camping (furnished or semi-furnished), canoe-camping, etc. Users can also practise ice fishing in winter.

Understand
The Ménokéosawin ZEC covers an area of ​​ north of the village of Lac-Édouard and northeast of the town of La Tuque. Its hydrographic slope is mainly part of the Saint-Maurice river via the Bostonnais river.

The northern limit of the Ménokéosawin ZEC constitutes the limit of the administrative regions of Mauricie and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Its part to the east is bordering on the ZEC Kiskissink. Its southern part borders on Chemin du Lac-Édouard, which links route 155 with the village of Lac-Édouard and the territory of Club Oswego. Its western part borders on route 155 (except in the southwest part, where the territory of the outfitter Le Rochu extends eastward beyond route 155).

The main fish species are: pike, walleye, bass, arctic char, brook trout and lake trout. The main hunted species of land animals are: moose, white-tailed deer, black bear, woodcock, grouse, hare, moose and grouse.

The reception station of the Ménokéosawin ZEC is at the southwestern limit of the ZEC, on the north side of the Bostonnais river, along route 155, at the intersection of the Chemin du Lac-Édouard which serves the southern part of the ZEC.



Go
The ZEC Jeannotte territory is accessible by road vehicle, ATV, snowmobile, by train (with VIA Rail Canada) and even by air (via seaplanes).

By car

 * From Montreal (. Time: 3 hr 49 min. Take highway 40 (north shore) eastbound, to Trois-Rivières; take highway 55 (northbound) to Grand-Mère, which becomes route 155 and cross the Saint-Maurice river bridge; take road 155 (northbound), passing La Tuque and La Bostonnais, to the ZEC Ménokéosawin reception post.
 * From Quebec City (. Time: 3 hr 24 min. Take highway 40 (direction West), to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade; take route 159 (northbound) passing through the village of Saint-Stanislas, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Tite and Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac; take road 155 (northbound), passing La Tuque and La Bostonnais, to the ZEC Ménokéosawin reception post.