Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Lac Saint-Pierre is located on the Saint Lawrence River between Sorel and Trois-Rivières east of Montreal. The lake forms part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The reserve includes shoreline, islands and wetlands. This seasonally-flooded area is an important stopping point for hundreds of thousands of migrating waterfowl. It is also an important nesting area for herons. In 1998, it was recognized as a wetland of international significance under the Ramsar Convention. Lac Saint-Pierre was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2000. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.