La Verendrye Provincial Reserve Quebec
Photo by Perry Beaton 1992
Today they call this a Provincial Park. It is Quebec's equivalent to Algonquin Park.
But industrial mining and logging occur throughout La Verendrye and the Quebec government tries to juggle canoeing, camping and industrial activities under one roof.
I have not been back to this park since the late 1990s. But even 35 years ago it was an incongruous combination of recreation and industry attempting to futilely survive side by side.
The watershed drains into the Ottawa River from Quebec and to many is considered part of the Ottawa Valley.
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