'Untouched' forest between Ottawa and Montreal gets new protection
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has formally protected 60 square kilometres of land — nearly 15,000 acres — northeast of Montebello to give wildlife room to move. The area — about three-kilometres wide and 20 km from north to south — will maintain …
The newly protected Kanauk property near Montebello is home to American black bears. OLE SPATA / AFP/. A 6,000-hectare swath of forest and wetland with historical significance in western Quebec will be
'Untouched' forest between Ottawa and Montreal gets new protection
Nature Conservancy announces land acquisitions
A 6,000-hectare swath of land near Montebello, Que., will now fall under the protection of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The 20-by-three-kilometre stretch between Ottawa and Montreal consists mainly of forest and wetland. "Forests form the backdrop …
Guests are taken to the ship Polar Prince off the shores of Kingston Monday. The ship is on a 150-day coast to coast to coast journey called Canada C3, part of Canada's sesquicentennial. (Ian MacAlpine /The Whig-Standard)
Timber wolves are just some of the animals that call a 6,000-hectare stretch of central Canadian forest home. One known as the "Seigneurie Papineau," the area is set to become a conservation area. By: Morgan Lowrie The Canadian Press Published on Mon
