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The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is the largest rodent in North America. It lives in permanent water, streams, ponds, wetlands, and modifies those systems by building dams and lodges. They form family groups, breed once per year (typically late winter),...

(Also called the American marten — “martre d’Amérique”) In Québec, what many people call the “pine marten” is usually the American marten (Martes americana). It’s a sleek, tree-loving member of the weasel family found across the northern forests of North America....

Friends of Dumoine / Amis de la rivière Dumoine (FOD/ARD) is seeking a volunteer leaders to join our Board of Directors as Secretary. If you care about protecting the Dumoine watershed, supporting non-mechanized recreation, and keeping the region’s natural and human...

Spread across the white sheet in the photo is a mixed lot of history: roughly 50–60 round coins or token-like discs, along with other metal, above them are buckles, rings, hardware that show signs of having spent some long years in wet mossy ground. Many of the round...

The Algonquin Wolf reminds us that some of our most iconic wildlife still depends on large, connected and quiet forests. With a small population and ongoing human pressures, the future of the Algonquin Wolf comes down to the choices we make about protection, habitat,...

Grande Chute Volunteers cabin public wifi, first aid, water, and rescue gear base.The Grande Chute: From Logging Frontier to Volunteer Base The site of Grande Chute played a crucial role in the Dumoine’s timber era. In 1850, the Dumoine Boom and Slide Company built a...

"The south and east walls of the cabin on the site have collapsed. The site also features the start of the historic supply road that the Friends of the Dumoine have devoted themselves to restoring and maintaining." - The EquityAt the confluence of the Dumoine and...