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Anticosti National Park
Parc National d'Anticosti
IUCN category II (national park)
Vauréal waterfall
Map showing the location of Anticosti National Park
Map showing the location of Anticosti National Park
LocationQuebec, Canada
Nearest cityPort-Menier, Quebec
Coordinates49°30′N 62°50′W / 49.500°N 62.833°W / 49.500; -62.833
Area571.9 km2 (220.8 sq mi)
EstablishedApril 2001
Visitors5500 (in 2009)
Governing bodySépaq
www.sepaq.com/pq/pan/

Anticosti National Park (French (official): Parc National d'Anticosti) is a provincial park of Quebec, located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[1] It consists of 3 non-contiguous areas totalling 572 square kilometres (221 sq mi) of land in the centre of Anticosti Island. Portions of the park are within Anticosti World Heritage Site, established by UNESCO in 2023.

It is organized into 6 tourist sectors and 1 central zone:[2]

  • Baie-de-la-Tour
  • Chicotte
  • Chute-Vauréal
  • Grotte-à-la-Patate
  • Observation
  • Vauréal-la-Mer
  • Zone centrale
  1. ^ Registre des aires protégées du Québec Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs. (in French)
  2. ^ Parc national d'Anticosti - Park Journal 2008-2009 Edition, Parcs Québec

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