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Worthy of note are:

• the Haute-Gorges de la Rivière Malbaie
• the fjord of the Saguenay River
• Parc des Grands-Jardins
• Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area

The topography of this region was dramatically altered by a meteorite impact that occurred 350 million years ago. "The impact created the forty-mile-wide crater that is the heart of Quebec's Charlevoix region, ranging from just west of Baie-Saint-Paul to just east of La Malbaie. Today, the area inside the crater is home to 90 percent of Charlevoix residents and is a very pastoral setting by comparison to what it could have been." [1] This area was subsequently reshaped by glaciation.

The Charlevoix region was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1988.

1 Footnotes

1. Some Might Call It Heaven-sent - article in The World&I magazine, August 2003

2 See also

• List of Quebec regions