Observatoires astronomique et de l'Astroblème de Charlevoix

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Evaluation year by Kéroul: 2024

Observatoires astronomique et de l'Astroblème de Charlevoix
595, Côte Bellevue
La Malbaie, (Québec)
G5A 3B2

Phone 1: 418 665 7645
Website : www.astroblemecharlevoix.org/

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Description

During the summer season only, the facility offers animation activities in its Discovery Center and astrology evenings on its terrace.

Please note that the establishment has no accessible washrooms, its only washrooms being located in the basement.

Accessibility

Parking

Total number of places
 Between 25 and 100 seats

flooring
 Asphalted ground

Number of reserved places
 No seating reserved for disabled persons

Route leading from the parking lot to the entrance
 Steep slope

Additional information

Possibility of disembarking a person in the traffic circle near the entrance gate to avoid the steep descent.

Exterior Entrance | (Main entrance)

Ramp
 Removable access ramp available
 No protective edge on the sides of the access ramp
 Level difference at the bottom of the ramp : 3 cm
 Free width of at least 87 cm
 On a gentle slope

Front door
 Difference in level between the exterior floor covering and the door sill : 18 cm
 Difference in level between the interior floor covering and the door sill : 3 cm
 Free width of at least 80 cm

Additional information

You must inform the staff of your arrival so that they can remove the removable access ramp.

Interior of the building

Course without obstacles
 Circulation corridor without slope
 Clear width of the circulation corridor of more than 92 cm

Staircase
 Handrails on each side
 Full-length continuous handrail

Movement between floors
 No machinery to go up

Additional information

The store is accessible. The lighting is dark.

Washroom

Entrance
 1 step or more : 15 steps
 Handrails on each side

Urinal
 Not equipped for disabled people

Accessible washroom(s)
 No toilet cabin equipped for disabled people

Accessible toilet stall grab bar(s)
 No grab bar near the toilet

Exhibition room or place | (Salle de la maquette - Permed ) (Located on the ground floor)

Circulation inside
 Maneuvering area of at least 1.5 m in diameter available

Exhibition modules
 Majority of interactive modules without clearance or with insufficient clearance : 0,12 m

Text and Graphic Panels
 Text and graphic panels inclined

Text and Graphic Panels
 Table surface at a height of : 100 cm above ground
 Depth of the table clearance of : 30 cm
 At least one accessible seating furniture in each showroom

Circulation inside
 

Additional information

The table of the 3D model of the territory is not accessible due to its height. Small benches can be provided for those unable to observe it.

Exhibition room or place (Salle d'animation - Permed )

Exhibition modules
 Majority of interactive modules without clearance or with insufficient clearance : 0,12 m

Text and Graphic Panels
 Accessible Seating Furniture
 With back

Circulation inside
 

Additional information

Access to the panels on the walls is restricted by the chairs. The writing is very small and difficult to read.

Terrace*


 Access by the building: door larger than 80 cm


 All sections are accessible.


 Manoeuvring space diameter larger than 1.5 m available


 Table: clearance under table insufficient  : 65 cm

Additional information

The telescope is accessible because the hut moves on rails.

to access the terrace, you must use the door to the rock storage area (secondary entrance), as the main door has a threshold of 7 cm on the outside and 3 cm on the inside.