Pointe-Platon Ecological Reserve
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Pointe-Platon Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve in Quebec
, Canada
. It was established in 1995.
"Pointe Platon" was the name of the Manor House and estate which was occupied by the de Lotbinière family. Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
(1798-1865) and his wife Julie-Christine Chartier de Lotbinière, 5th seigneuresse of Lotbinière lived at "Pointe Platon" for several years
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It was established in 1995.
"Pointe Platon" was the name of the Manor House and estate which was occupied by the de Lotbinière family. Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, born in 1798 in Frauenfeld and died in 1865 in Paris, was a French merchant and photographer born in Switzerland, married to a Canadian seigneuress. Famous for being the first to photograph the Acropolis and then the Egyptian Pyramids with Horace Vernet...
(1798-1865) and his wife Julie-Christine Chartier de Lotbinière, 5th seigneuresse of Lotbinière lived at "Pointe Platon" for several years