Zec Nordique covers an area of 458.3 square kilometers in the heart of the MRC
La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality (Upper North Shore). ZEC has a total of 150 km of motorable roads and 211 lakes, where a hundred followers practice sport fishing. Area of lakes varies from 2 to 390 hectares. The boundaries of the Nordic ZEC are marked on: • East, by the
Escoumins River going down to the southeast to empty into the
St. Lawrence River at the height of the municipality
Les Escoumins. A forested road from the municipality
Les Escoumins along this river to the "lac des Coeurs" (lake of Hearts). With a length of 34 km on the course of the river, the
Zec Rivière-des-Escoumins was established in 1992. In addition, the
Zec D'Iberville is close to the east; • West, the southern part is related to the
Zec Chauvin; the northern part of the western boundary is marked on the 11.7 km line between administrative regions
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and
Manicouagan. • South, its southern end stops about 1 km north of the summit of Green Mountain (288 m.) and north of Lake Fountain. Moreover, the territory of the ZEC has an extension to the east of the
Escoumins River, covering in particular the "Lac de la Grand-Mère" (lake Grandmother), "À la Pipe" (in Pipe), Téton (Stud), Des Îles (The Islands), Jérôme et Gagné. The major lakes of Zec are: Albert, Boucher, Bouliane, Brûlé, du Buccin (Whelk), Carré (Square), Chatignies, Claire, de la Corne (Horn), du Cornet, du Crachat (Spit), Edmond, des Dames (Ladies), en Delta, Petit lac Dorval, "Eaux Mortes à Luma" (Lac Lamarre), Gabou, du Gâchis (the Hash), Gagné, Gaston, Gausse, Gilles, Gorgotton, du Grand Nez (the Big Nose), Grand Jumeau (Big Twin), de la Grand-Mère (the Grandmother), aux Grenouilles (the Frogs), Ignace, des Îles (Islands), Italie, Jeanne, Jérôme, Jour, Karabi, Lina, Long, Louis, Maclure, Petit lac Maclure, Mado, Marennes, Montchenu, des Numéros, Oublié, Pamphile, Téton, du Pic, à la Pipe, Polette, Pointu, de Pons, Pourri, Rond, Sam, des Sapins (Firs), des Savanes, Petit lac des Savannes, du pointeur, Téton, Ti-Georges, Ti-Paul, Ti-Thomas, Ti-Tole, Tranquille, Travers, "à Viateur" and "des Vieux" (Old). Road access to the ZEC is favored by the forest road along the
Escoumins River, which is the eastern boundary of the ZEC. The eastern boundary of the ZEC is 25 km (in direct line) from the city center of
Les Escoumins and 30 km (in a direct line) from downtown
Tadoussac. == Hunting and fishing ==