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Now that Les Amis de Lac-Tremblant-Nord has been confirmed as a registered charity, the next step is being confirmed as being eligible to receive ecological charitable donations. This filing is being made to Environment and Climate Change Canada. We expect to receive confirmation in early 2025. Ecologically important properties surrounding Lac Tremblant are shown in white in the accompanying image.

Today, the Canada Revenue Authority confirmed the registered charity status of Les Amis de Lac-Tremblant-Nord. This is an important milestone that helps enable Les Amis to accomplish its mission of conserving the wilderness lands in the Lac Tremblant region.

Did you know that the Maple Leaf Trail crossed the wilderness territory of Lac-Tremblant-Nord as it made its way from the former Labelle train station to Mont-Tremblant's resort base and then over to the train station at Lac Mercier? Preserving Lac-Tremblant-Nord's wilderness heritage is one of the goals of Les Amis de Lac-Tremblant-Nord.

As Lac-Tremblant-Nord is very focused on the protection of the environment and biodiversity, the municipality will be holding an Environment Day on Saturday, June 17, 2023 from 10 AM to 2 PM, at the PLTN marina (454 Chemin de Lac Tremblant Nord).

The ambitious vision of Éco-corridors laurentiens is to: ''relier le parc national d’Oka au parc national du Mont-Tremblant par un réseau d’éco-corridors et d’aires protégées interconnectés traversant le territoire des Laurentides''. Les Amis de Lac-Tremblant-Nord wants to be a key player is achieving this vision.

Kenauk property conservation The Nature Conservancy of Canada video illustrates the incredibly important impact of conserving the 65,000 acre Kenauk property near Montebello, near the mouth of the Rouge River. We can protect one of the upper watersheds of the Rouge, right here in Lac-Tremblant-Nord.

Les Amis de Lac-Tremblant-Nord has put its support behind the proposal to conserve all the publicly owned lands in the municipality of Lac-Tremblant-Nord. This project has the very strong support of our municipality, the Ville de Mont-Tremblant, and the municipalities of Labelle and La Conception. Board member and Lac-Tremblant-Nord property owner, France Gagnon, is spending countless volunteer hours to help drive this initiative.

In 2015, the municipalities of Lac-Tremblant-Nord collaborated in the formal establishment of trails in the Montagne Verte and Nez de l'Indien forest wilderness, thereby connecting the north and south ends of our municipality. Since then, a number of other trails have been constructed - notably the Portes de l'Enfer trail that is accessible by canoe and kayak from the Cachée River.