title: Bog-à-Lanières Ecological Reserve
text: # Bog-à-Lanières Ecological Reserve
  
  Bog-à-Lanières Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve of Quebec, Canada. The ecological reserve aims to ensure the protection of ombrotrophic peatlands in the Laurentians region. It is also one of the rare thong bog in Quebec.
  
  ## History
  
  This Reserve was established on April 8, 1992 by a decree of the Government of Quebec.
  
  ## Toponymy
  
  The name of the reserve comes from the scientific name of ombrotrophic peatland, a type of peatland fed only by precipitation or water table
  
  ## Geography
  
  The reserve is located at Lac-Édouard, about sixty kilometres east of La Tuque.
  
  