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241:(MDDELCC) produced a report in July 2018 to support the National Parks Directorate (NDP) of the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks (MFFP) in preparing their report on the park. The MDDELCC report describes the main geological and geomorphological features of the territory, areas of geomorphological interest for study and education, and the typical natural characteristics of the region. In 2018 the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks submitted a descriptive study.
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and the economic corporation of that city began working on the concept of creating a national park within Sépaq's Réserve faunique Port-Cartier/Sept-Îles in 2006. The project would involve addition of campsites, cottages and other tourist facilities.
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