These are two parks I had no intention of visting. A flight that was supposed to be to St. John, NL was booked to St. John's, NB! I found myself in the wrong place, with no car rental, and no data on my phone. To make matters worse, this was already a short trip so there was no time to catch the ferry or spend a day and a half getting there on the next flight.
Nearby I saw something of landscape interest: Bay of Fundy National Park.
I don't know if there's any wildlife to be scene here, but the park itself has interesting rock structures created by the high tides and it was well worth a stop to see.
Nearby I saw something of landscape interest: Bay of Fundy National Park.
I don't know if there's any wildlife to be scene here, but the park itself has interesting rock structures created by the high tides and it was well worth a stop to see.
Having not done any research on Quebec and having no data, the only thing I could think of to do was look at a map and pick a park that looked to be away from people and have a large land mass. I spotted two that looked interesting. Forillon and Gaspesie. So I began the drive up to Forillon Park. The drive up seemed to pass through suitable moose habitat but I was fortunate not to encounter any along the route. Forillon is a beautiful park from a landscape perspective alone and it provided some good wildlife viewing opportunities, too. In 24 hours, I saw red fox, moose, seal, and porcupine. Bear scat and sign was everywhere in the park. I believe there is a very significant bear presence here and if I had been able to spend anymore time there or even do an early morning walk (it rained me out the next morning), it would seem to chances of seeing bear would have been high.
The drive from Forillon to Gaspesie is very scenic, especially in the fall (I went in October).
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Gaspesie National Park is loaded with hiking trails, mountain tops, it has waterfalls, and there is the possibility of seeing very interesting wildlife. If you're willing to hike a bit, Caribou are present at some of the higher elevations. Moose are common late at night and early morning along the park road. I also saw them very early in the morning on the Ernest-Laforce trail. One Marten crossed the road. There are also weasels, lynx, and fisher in the park, but I was not lucky enough to see any of those. Snowshoe hare are common along some of the dirt roads that go through brushy habitat. It is the most dense population of spruce grouse I've seen anywhere I've been.
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