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21-500: There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM: Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: Aiguebelle National Park Aiguebelle National Park Aiguebelle National Park (French: Parc national d'Aiguebelle) is a provincial park in Quebec , Canada . It is located in western Quebec in

42-629: A finely toothed margin. The leaflets are sessile , directly attached to the rachis without a petiolule . The flowers are produced in spring shortly before the new leaves, in loose panicles ; they are inconspicuous with no petals, and are wind-pollinated. The fruit is a samara 2.5–4.5 cm (1– 1 + 3 ⁄ 4  in) long comprising a single seed 2 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4  in) long with an elongated apical wing 1.5–2 cm ( 5 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 4  in) long and 6–8 mm ( 1 ⁄ 4 – 5 ⁄ 16  in) broad. Black ash commonly occurs in swamps , often with

63-728: A watershed line and thus extends over two watersheds: the basin of the Hudson Bay and that of the Atlantic. There are traces of ancient volcanic activity and several lakes on the faults. It is managed by the Quebec government by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Society of outdoor facilities in Quebec) (SÉPAQ). The park contains among other features the Abijévis hills, including Mount Dominant which

84-586: Is also a popular wood for making electric guitars and basses, due to its good resonant qualities. Black ash is unique among all trees in North America in that it does not have fibers connecting the growth rings to each other. This is a useful property for basket makers. By pounding on the wood with a mallet, the weaker spring wood layer is crushed, allowing the tougher and darker summer wood layer to be peeled off in long strips. The long strips are trimmed, cleaned, and used in basket weaving . Indigenous peoples of

105-411: Is grey, thick and corky even on young trees, becoming scaly and fissured with age. The winter buds are dark brown to blackish, with a velvety texture. The leaves are opposite , pinnately compound , with 7–13 (most often 9) leaflets; each leaf is 20–45 cm (8–18 in) long, the leaflets 7–16 cm ( 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 – 6 + 1 ⁄ 4  in) long and 2.5–5 cm (1–2 in) broad, with

126-419: Is the highest summit of Abitibi (570m). The hills cover about two-thirds of the park. There is a fault that runs through much of the territory from Lake Lois to Lake La Haie. The park is located on old geological formations of more than 2.7 billion years making it very much pre-Cambrian. It is composed mainly of pillow basalt formations that were formed at the bottom of the ocean. These formations are part of

147-472: The Abitibi-Témiscamingue region some 50 km north-east of Rouyn-Noranda , 50 km west of Amos, Quebec , 100 km north west of Val-d'Or , Quebec, and about 50 km due west of Lake Hebecourt. The park has a surface area of 268,3 km . Its mission is to protect a representative sample of the clay belt of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region and the Abijévis hills. The park includes

168-563: The American mink (Mustela vison), the Least weasel (Mustela nivalis), the American black bear (Ursus americanus), the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), and the American marten (Martes americana). The birdlife of the park has 150 species of birds including twenty species of New World warblers . The lakes on the plains are dominated by Walleye and Northern pike . For the lakes in

189-660: The Great Lakes , such as yellow birch , black ash , and Eastern white pine . The Aiguebelle National Park features 55 species of mammals from Abitibi-Témiscamingue , including the Moose (Alces alces), the North American beaver (Castor canadensis), the Gray wolf (Canis lupus), the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), the Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), the North American river otter (Lontra canadensis),

210-404: The Abijévis hills, there are lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Fraxinus nigra Fraxinus nigra , the black ash , is a species of ash native to much of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, from western Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba , and south to Illinois and northern Virginia . Formerly abundant, as of 2017

231-492: The Northeastern Woodlands also make bark baskets from black ash, traditionally used for berry-gathering. North American native ash tree species are used by North American frogs as a critical food source, as the leaves that fall from the trees are particularly suitable for tadpoles to feed upon in ponds (both temporary and permanent), large puddles, and other water sources. Species such as red maple, which are taking

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252-467: The area of faults. There is also Lake Matissard lake on the southern edge of the park. The Kinojévis river passes near this latter lake. It was in 1945 that the Government of Quebec found, following the settlement of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, a lack of space for wildlife in the region. It thus chose the canton of Aiguebelle to create a reserve for hunting and fishing because of the poor quality of

273-461: The black ash, or wisqoq, has been vital to the Mi'kmaw culture and was used to make many functional items like chairs, canoes, axes, snowshoes, and most notably, baskets. The sale of black ash baskets sustained many Mi'kmaw families when income was scarce. The Shakers also made extensive use of the black ash for creating baskets. Also called basket ash, brown ash, swamp Ash, hoop ash, and water ash. It

294-515: The closely related green ash . Its fall foliage is yellow. Black ash is one of the first trees to lose its leaves in the fall. It is very closely related to Manchurian ash , and will easily hybridize with it. Some consider the two to be geographic isolates of each other. The species was considered abundant and its survival of little concern prior to the invasion of the emerald ash borer , first detected in North America in 2002. However, since that time this invasive insect has spread throughout most of

315-459: The land in that area. In 1976, it opened up camping and hiking trails in the area. In 1980 the status of the reserve was changed to a wildlife reserve. In 1985, this reserve was divided into two to create the Conservation Park of Aiguebelle with an area of 241.7 km . Following public consultation in 1998, the wildlife reserve was abolished, and the park was expanded to its current area. It

336-611: The larger group of Kinojévis in Superior Craton . The park is situated on the borderline between the watersheds of Hudson Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. This line from the northwest corner to the middle of the eastern border. Nearly three quarters of the water is drained into the Saint Lawrence river. There are more than 80 lakes. The principal lakes are Aiguebelle and Lake Lois to the north, and Lake Sault and Lake La Haie located in

357-527: The place of ash, due to the ash borer, are much less suitable for the frogs as a food source—resulting in poor frog survival rates and small frog sizes. It is the lack of tannins in the American ash variety that makes them good for the frogs as a food source and also not resistant to the ash borer. Varieties of ash from outside North America typically have much higher tannin levels and resist the borer. Maples and various non-native invasive trees, trees that are taking

378-454: The species is threatened with near total extirpation throughout its range within the next century as a result of infestation by an invasive parasitic insect known as the emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis ). Black ash is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 15–20 metres (49–66 ft) (exceptionally 26 metres (85 ft)) tall with a trunk up to 60 cm (24 inches) diameter, or exceptionally to 160 cm (63 inches). The bark

399-665: The theme of the French military of the Seven Years' War in America which prevails in Abitibi. The park is located in the Boreal forest of Canada which is also known as taiga . There are several common tree species such as White birch , Black Spruce , balsam poplar , American aspen , Jack Pine , American Larch , and balsam fir . Also found in the park are lowland species of the Saint Lawrence and

420-406: The tree's range, and within a few years black ash is expected to be all but extirpated; a similar fate awaits green ash. In 2014, a U.S. Forest Service agent estimated that "ninety-nine percent of the ashes in North America are probably going to die." Blue ash and white ash are only slightly less affected. In Mi'kma'ki (made up of Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and eastern Quebec , Canada ),

441-559: Was only in 2001 that the status of the park was changed to a national park, following an amendment to the Parks Act. The name of the park is the name of the canton, which commemorates Charles Névair Aiguebelle, the captain of grenadiers of the Regiment of Languedoc , who distinguished himself by his bravery during the Battle of Sainte-Foy on 28 April 1760. The name of the canton is a continuation of

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