"Zec de la Rivière-Blanche" is particularly renowned for tourist activities such as hunting, fishing, camping, water sports, expeditions in the forest... On its Web site "www.zecdelariviereblanche.com", ASM publishes various calendars: fishing, hunting, opening and closing of water bodies, forest operations... fans can thus refer to for planning their outdoors activities. The only position Zec Home is located at "Falls of Marmite", 4,4 km northeast of the town of Rivière-à-Pierre. From the village of Rivière-à-Pierre, the main access road to the Zec consists of a stretch of 30 km through the Portneuf Wildlife Reserve. In the Zec, the road network comprises 130 km motorable. The road north of the Lightning River provides access to a dozen of lakes such as Seaton, Montplaisir and "des Passes", as well as Moïse River. The Batiscan Lake is accessible by land or by boat using the Moïse River. The Zec has four campgrounds semi-fitted around the lakes Batiscan, White, La Salle and Lietto.
History
In 1978, following the abolition of private clubs by the Government of Québec, Zec de la Rivière-Blanche was formed, initially covering an area of in the Portneuf County, Quebec. Zec has been administered by the "L'Association sportive Miguick inc" . In the early 1980s, the land area was increased by by adding a part of the famous Club hunting and fishing Seigneurie du Triton. The present territory of the Zec covers.
The territory of the Zec includes 240 lakes, 150 are used for fishing including lakes Brochu, Funny, Gaston and Gorren. Major lakes are:
Batiscan Lake, which is the northeastern boundary of the territory of Zec,
Lasalle Lake, located in the center of the Zec,
The White Lake,
"Ci-joint lake",
Constantin Lake.
White River The White River covers a large catchment area, taking its source in White Lake where a dam is fitted at its mouth. More than a dozen small surrounding lakes flow into the White Lake. Down, the waters of the White River flow into a series of lakes to the village of Rivière-à-Pierre lakes Lupe, Ralph, Gilles, Tony, lietto and Lorenzo. Portneuf Wildlife Reserve The Portneuf Wildlife Reserve includes the middle part of the watershed of the White river. In back, the White River, we reached the southern boundary of the reserve, located in from the village of Rivière-à-Pierre. While the last water before the northern limit of the plans are the Central and Ferriere lakes. The northern part of the watershed of the White River is integrated into the Zec de la Rivière-Blanche, including lakes Lorenzo and Tonty.
Toponymy
The following names are all interconnected and have been registered with the Bank of place names in Commission de toponymie du Québec :
"Unorganized Territory of Lac-Blanc, Quebec", registered on March 13, 1986,
"Zec de la Rivière-Blanche", registered on August 5, 1982
"White River", registered December 5, 1968,
"White Lake", which is the largest lake in the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Blanc.
Restoration of lakes
In 2012, with the financial participation of $81,500 in grants, four lakes of the Zec de la Rivière-Blanche have been treated: Lastre, Zigzag, Palme, Dual and Bert. This initiative will increase the potential for fishing. These partners are the Fondation de la faune du Québec, the Regional Conference of the Capitale-Nationale, Ministry of Natural Resources and Guy Chevrette Foundation. Restored in 2009, Swayne Lake is the first of the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale to have been restored. It was reopened to fishing in 2013. Followed, in 2014, lakes "Quatre-Baies" and Simard; and in 2016, the five lakes sub-basin of Lake Lastre. During the weekend of Easter 2013, the Zec was featured in the issue "Semaine Verte" at Radio Canada, in a report on the restoration of lakes with rotenone.
