Zec Maganasipi
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| Zec Maganasipi | |
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  Province of Quebec | |
| Location | Canada, Quebec, Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality |
| Nearest city | Rivière-Kipawa |
| Coordinates | 46°25′00″N 78°28′00″W / 46.41667°N 78.46667°W |
| Area | 1,012 km2 (391 sq mi) |
| Established | 1978 |
The ZEC Maganasipi is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC), located in the unorganized territory of Rivière-Kipawa, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada and on the lands of the Algonquin Nation.
Annually, the outdoor activities on the ZEC are intense from May to October, with camping, mountain biking, hunting, fishing and walking in the forest trails. The mission of the ZEC includes the protection of flora and fauna.
Located in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Zec Maganasipi is bordered to the south by the Holden Lake, formed by a widening of the Ottawa River, which is the border between the Algonquin Nation land of Quebec and Ontario. Covering an area of 1012 square kilometers, the ZEC has a large number of water bodies of which Allouez and McCraken lakes are the main one.
The northern boundary of the ZEC is Maganasipi lake which is located outside of the ZEC. The whole ZEC is drained by rivers Maganasipi (30 km long), Maganasipi East and West Maganasipi. The latter two rivers are tributaries of the first serves as discharge to the lake of the same name to the Ottawa River. The entrance station of Zec is located in Lake Garcin.