2024-2025 Official Tourist Guide of the Îles de la Madeleine

Travel by Experience – Great Outdoors

Access to the Reserve is free and trails can be walked alone or with a guide. Outdoor outfitters offer nature interpretation excursions with a certified guide (see p. 97).

Pointe de l'Est National Wildlife Area Located near Grosse-Île, this reserve is a vestige of the sole ecosystem of its kind in Québec. Its 684-hectare site is protected and administered by Environment Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Service and is part of a network of eight national wildlife areas in Québec. For many shorebirds and ducks, the Reserve represents an essential stopping point in their yearly migrations. The presence of the piping plover and the horned grebe during the breeding period is one of the main justifications for protecting the East Point habitat, since these birds are on the list of endangered species. For information: Canadian Wildlife Service, 1 800 463-4311. To explore the Reserve, its typical dune environment vegetation and its bird life, two nature interpretation trails are available: La Camarine and L’Échouerie. These are accessible from Route 199, after Grosse-Île and before Grande Échouerie beach.

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Use the wooden w alkways to access our beaches to protect our fragile environment.

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