Quick Links
McGill.CA / Gault Nature Reserve

Gault Nature Reserve, Mont Saint-Hilaire

  • Salamander (http://alextranphotography.com)

  • Aquatic research back in the days

  • Black-capped Chicladee (Parus atricapillus)

  • Geography field class UQAM 2009

  • Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

  • Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) (http://alextranphotography.com)

  • Nature Center restoration crew 2011

  • McGill University science managers meeting 2004

  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

  • Small mammal sampling, ecology 331 field course 2010 (http://alextranphotography.com)

  • Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

  • Lake Hertel in spring

  • Research Infrastructure devoted to the study of aquatic ecosystems

  • Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) on lake Hertel

  • Aquatic plants survey, ecology 331 field course 2010 (http://alextranphotography.com)

  • Forest fire at the Gault Nature Reserve Spring 2009 (Mellanie Thibeault)

  • Sampling lake Hertel, ecology 331 field course 2001

  • Boardwalk in Fall

  • Small mammal sampling, ecology 331 field course 2010 (http://alextranphotography.com)

  • Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

  • Hemlock carr soil core

  • Lake Hertel in fall

  • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

  • Small mammal sampling, ecology 331 field course 2010 (http://alextranphotography.com)

  • "Ruisseau des Moulins" in spring

  • Spider (http://alextranphotography.com)

  • Fall colors

  • Pic-nic area in winter

  • Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

  • Gault House in Fall

  • White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

  • Gault Nature Reserve Open House, 50e Anniversary Gault Donation 2008

  • Pain de Sucre in winter

  • Panorama from Pain de Sucre

  • Lake Hertel in summer

  • Sampling lake Hertel, ecology 331 field course 2010 (http://alextranphotography.com)

Gault Nature Reserve, Mont Saint-Hilaire

Gault Nature Reserve of McGill University is a private Reserve which protects 1000 hectares of natural primeval forests of the St. Lawrence Valley. Situated at Mont-Saint-Hilaire approximately 40 km from Montreal, this panoramic natural landscape is ideal for discovering nature, teaching and university research. The public sector with 25 km of trail network is open 365 days per year for visitors' enjoyment.

Affiliated with the Faculty of Science of McGill University, the Gault team offers support to research and teaching of natural sciences while providing a wide range of services to the university community and the general public.

 

 

Mission 

1. To preserve the ecosystem of the entire mountain as nearly as possible in its natural state and to work with local communities to minimize any adverse impacts on the mountain ecosystem that would be associated with activities or developments at the perimeters of the Reserve.

2. Within the reasonable constraints of preservation, to encourage the use of the mountain for the widest possible range of University research and teaching programs.

3. Within the reasonable constraints of preservation, to work in partnership with the Nature Conservation Centre to emphasize the special character of the mountain and to foster public enjoyment of its amenities.

4. Within the reasonable constraints of preservation and with cognizance of budgetary constraints in the University, to allow use of the Reserve by carefully selected enterprises that are in keeping with the tranquility and conservation status of the mountain.

 

Updated on Thu, 2011-12-15 12:02
top of page