ZEC de la Rivière-Blanche

The ZEC de la rivière Blanche is a controlled exploitation zone in the townships of Larue and Neilson, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Blanc, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Portneuf, in Haute-Batiscanie, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale.

The Rivière-Blanche ZEC is a territory of on the eastern slope of the valley of the Batiscan River and on the northern slope of the rivière à Pierre. This ZEC is crossed by the rivière à Moise and its territory is entirely part of Batiscanie. This ZEC was incorporated in 1978, following the abolition of private hunting & fishing clubs on public lands.

Understand
The only ZEC reception station is located at "Chutes de la Marmite", northeast of the centre of the village of Rivière-à-Pierre. The administrative office of the ZEC is located at 710, rue Bouvier local 195A, Québec (Québec), G2J 1C2. The main recreational tourism activities on the territory of the zec are: berry picking, hunting, fishing, nautical activities (swimming, canoeing, kayaking, boating), mountain biking, snowmobiling, camping, forest expeditions, observation of flora and wildlife, etc. On its website, the ASM publishes various calendars: fishing, hunting, opening and closing of water bodies, and forestry operations. Nature lovers can thus obtain information to plan their activities. recreational tourism. The ZEC has four semi-developed campgrounds on the shores of lakes Batiscan, Blanc, La Salle and Lietto.

The main species of fish caught in the ZEC are: brook trout (speckled trout), arctic char (red trout), lake trout (gray trout) and perch. Sport fishermen have access to 27 bodies of water for fly fishing. Two sections of river and also 22 lakes (generally those reserved for fly fishing) open the 2nd Saturday in June in order to distribute the quality of fishing. In addition, 15 lakes are fished only on Saturdays in order to avoid their overexploitation and consequently their too rapid closure during the season.

Geography
The territory of this ZEC is bounded to the south by Portneuf Wildlife Reserve, to the west by ZEC Jeannotte, to the north by Réserve faunique des Laurentides and to the east by the ZEC Batiscan-Neilson. The Batiscan River constitutes the western limit of the ZEC, north of Miguick River. Mount View, reaching in altitude, is the highest peak in the ZEC.

The five rivers of the ZEC are all exploited for fishing:
 * Blanche River whose head lake is Lac-Blanc,
 * rivière aux Éclair] which has its source at Batiscan Lake,
 * rivière à Moise,
 * Miguick river,
 * Batiscan river.

The territory of the ZEC has 240 lakes, 150 of which are used for fishing, in particular the Brochu, Drôle, Gaston and Gorren lakes. The main lakes are:
 * the Batiscan Lak] (oriented east-west) which forms the northeastern limit of the territory of the ZEC,
 * Lake Lasalle, located in the centre of the ZEC,
 * on Lac-Blanc,
 * the "lac Ci-Joint",
 * Lake Constantine.

Go
From the village of Rivière-à-Pierre, the main access road to the zec consists of a section of forest road of, partly going up rivière à Pierre and the Blanche River, as well as crossing the Portneuf Wildlife Reserve (routes 2 and 29). The zec road network comprises suitable for vehicles. The road north of the rivière aux Éclairs provides access to about ten bodies of water, in particular lakes Seaton, Montplaisir and "des Passes", as well as the river à Moise. The Batiscan Lake is accessible by land or by boat using the river to Moïse.

By car

 * From Montreal (. Time: 3 hr 23 min. Take highway 40 (north shore) heading east, to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade; take road 354 (northbound) to Saint-Casimir; take route 363 (northbound), crossing the villages of Saint-Ubalde, Notre-Dame-de-Montauban and Rivière-à-Pierre; take rue Principale (eastbound) to the ZEC reception.
 * From Quebec City (. Time: 1 hr 39 min. Take highway 40 (direction West), until Neuville; take route 365 (northbound) passing through the villages of Pont-Rouge, Saint-Raymond, Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf and Rivière-à-Pierre; take rue Principale (eastbound) to the zec reception.