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Photo : Gervais Gagnon
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Purpose: Important migration area for the Greater Snow Goose and
numerous ducks.
Key Birds: Greater Snow Goose, Semipalmated Sandpiper.
Key Plants: American bulrush, wild rice, white willow
Property
Status of site: MBS
Type of site: conservation, no public activities; seasonal conservation
Initial acquisition: No record
Year created: Established as a staging area, January 26, 1972; converted to a sanctuary May 1, 1986.
Site administered under:
- Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (1994, c.22; SOR/96-458 to 464 and SI/96-90 to 92, 30 October 1996).
- Canada Wildlife Act (R.S. (1985) c. W-9, sect. 1; 1994, c. 23, sect. 2(F); SOR/94-684, 7 November 1994; SI/95-42, 5 April 1995)
- Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1036)
Landowner: Ministère des Ressources naturelles du Québec. Agreement:
federal-provincial agreement for the creation of a Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
Surface area: 129.8 ha
Terrestrial: 0.1 ha
Aquatic: 129.7 ha
Location
Location: 47.02.30 N 70.28.30.W; northwest of the municipality of
Cap-Saint-Ignace.
Municipality: Cap-Saint-Ignace
RCM: Montmagny
Topographic map 1:50 000: 21M01
Cadastral map 1:20 000: 21M01
Nautical chart: 1232
Tourist Region: Chaudière-Appalaches
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Greater Snow Geese and Canada Geese.
Photo : Léo-Guy de Repentigny.
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Vegetation
More than half of the Sanctuary's area is covered with patches of American bulrush, interspersed with various
species, including wild rice, three Sagittaria species (erect, grass-like and cuneate-leaved), fragrant water-parsnip, boneset, rice cutgrass, tufted hairgrass,
and species of spike rush. The rest of the Sanctuary is characterized by mudflats, rock outcrops and herbaceous and shrubby vegetation. The shrub stratum, which is flooded periodically, is dominated by
several species of willow and alder.
Birds
Migration
During the migration season, from 2 000 to 3 000 Greater Snow Geese and 200 to 300 dabbling ducks, such as American Black Ducks and
Green-Winged and Blue-winged Teals, can be seen at the site.
Breeding
Among the ducks that breed in the Sanctuary are the American Black Duck,
the Pintail and the Mallard. Other species that have been observed here during the breeding season include the Horned Lark and swallow species, as well as the Savannah Sparrow.
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