Chutes at the ZEC Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/23/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is located at the chutes by the Dumoine ZEC office. The area is great for children to visit, but is quite dangerous for small children.

The Dumoine River was highly sought after for log drives. In order to avoid logjams on the river’s falls, slides were built and the perilous task of guiding the logs through these slides fell to the drivers. Even today, vestiges of these slides can be seen along the riverbanks.

At the time, many camps had been established in the area by logging companies. There were lumber camps, where workers lived in very primitive conditions, depots, where provisions, supplies and wood were stored, and forest farms, that year in year out, produced a bit of grain, meat, and other farm products. In order to supply these small towns in the bush, trails were blazed from the camps to the closest navigable waterway. These waterways were then used by horses pulling metal-wheeled carts. Thanks to the compacting of the soil from the repeated passing of those metal wheels, the vegetation was unable to reclaim along the wagon trails. ZEC Dumoine has been able to make use of them to revitalize the sectors of the area that were relatively undisturbed by forestry operations in order to make a fantastic 24-kilometre long hiking trail.

Even today, there are companies harvesting the immense forests that dot our territory. However, the means of harvesting have changed a great deal since the days of drivers and logslides.

In 1978, the government of Québec launched Operation Wildlife Management and, in so doing, ended the renewal of leases for private fishing and hunting clubs. These immense preserves, now known as zones d’exploitation contrôlée (zec) (visit link) , became once again the property of the people of Quebec. Non-profit organizations, managed by directors elected from the members of each of the ZECs, were created and mandated to ensure wildlife management and conservation in their territory.

Before visiting the chutes stop at the ZEC office to register. The guide will point you in the direction of the chutes. The area is great for children to visit, but is quite dangerous for small children. Look for the public parking right after the bridge.

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