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Home > Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park

The Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park is located where the fjord of the Saguenay River meets the estuary of the Saint Lawrence River.

It is the first national park in Québec to protect a purely marine environment. Whales are drawn to the rich food supply stirred up by the mixing of waters here, including a colony of belugas.

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Saguenay RiverSaguenay River, looking upstream from its junction with the St. Lawrence The Saguenay River is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east, and passes at the city of Saguenay.Saguenay, QuebecSaguenay (officially Ville de Saguenay is a city ( 2001 pop. 148,050) in the Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 150 kilometres north of Quebec City. The city was formed on February 18, 2002, by the merger of theSaguenaySaguenay refers to: the city of Saguenay, Quebec; the Saguenay River; the region of the Saguenay (see Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean); the legendary Kingdom of the Saguenay.
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine ParkThe Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park is located where the fjord of the Saguenay River meets the estuary of the Saint Lawrence River. It is the first national park in Quebec to protect a purely marine environment. Whales are drawn to the rich food supplySaguenay-Lac-Saint-JeanThe Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region in Quebec, Canada is distinguished by its physical beauty, especially the Fjord du Saguenay, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region, and by the cordial character of its inhabitants. 
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