Réserve naturelle du Marais-Léon-Provancher

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Accessibility features

Establishment category:

Sub-categories:
Regional / municipal park

Region:
Accessibility:
Partial access





Evaluation year by Kéroul: 2024

Réserve naturelle du Marais-Léon-Provancher
151, rue des Îlets
Neuville, (Québec)
G0A 2R0

Phone 1: 418 554 8636
Website : https://www.provancher.org/
Email: info@provancher.org

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Description

The Réserve naturelle du Marais-Léon-Provancher is located in Neuville and is a must for birdwatchers in the Quebec City area. For more information about the trails, please refer to the trails section of this page.

Please note that the easiest drinking trough is located inside the reception pavilion, near the toilets.

Accessibility

Parking

Number of reserved places
 Reserved seat(s) for people with disabilities: : 1

Reserved seat identification
 Using a panel

flooring
 Coarse gravel ground

Trail

Outdoor furniture
 Bench height : 42 cm

Drinking fountain
 Inaccessible

Additional information

The park's accessible trail consists of the first half of trail #8, connected to the section of trail #1 that returns to the parking lot. To get to trail #8, you have to negotiate a 6.5% slope. Watch out for the root in the trail (see photo).

Rest areas are available along the trail. There are wooden accesses to get closer to the marsh, but these are partially accessible (the ramp to get there is 83 cm wide).

The slope to trail #1 is 6%. The width of trail #1 varies between 1m and 90cm depending on the section.

Wheelchair users are advised to avoid the sections near the river, as the slopes are steep and strewn with roots.

Building*

Pathway leading to the entrance
 Width traffic corridor : 0,8 %
 Obstacles) : Banc dans l’allée

Front door
 single door
 Exterior maneuvering area : 1 m width x 1 m depth in front of the door
 Interior maneuvering area : 1,5 m width x 1,5 m depth in front of the door
 When you have to pull the door: lateral clearance on the side of the handle of : 25 cm
 When you have to push the door: lateral release on the side of the handle : 20 cm
 Clear Width : 79 cm
 Opening requiring significant physical effort
 No electric opening mechanism

Additional information

The manoeuvring area opposite the door leading into the building is triangular in shape, approximately 1m x 1m. To access the door, a 6 cm threshold must be crossed.

Signage on the door
 No signage on the front door

Door
 Maneuvering space of at least 1.5 m wide x 1.5 m deep on each side of the door
 Free width of at least 80 cm
 Opening requiring significant physical effort
 No electric opening mechanism

Area
 Area at least 1.5 m wide x 1.5 m deep : 2,3 m wide x 1,9 m deep

Interior maneuvering space
 Maneuvering space at least 1.5 m wide x 1.5 m deep

Toilet bowl
 Transfer zone on the side of the bowl of at least 90 cm

Grab bar(s)
 L-shaped right
 Horizontal behind the bowl
 At least 76 cm in length
 Located between 75 and 85 cm above the floor

Washbasin
 Raised surface : 88 cm au-dessus du plancher
 Clearance under the sink of at least 68.5 cm above the floor

toilet paper dispenser
 Toilet paper dispenser near the toilet

Additional information

Note that the toilet's rear grab rail is 113 cm high.