Zone d'identification
Type of entity
Collectivité
Forme autorisée du nom
Jardin Zoologique de Quebec
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates d’existence
1931-2006
Historique
The Jardin zoologique du Québec is a former zoological park located in the borough of Charlesboug in Quebec City. Opened in 1931, it has been closed since March 31st 2006. Part of its land is open to the public under the name of Parc des Moulins. It was founded at the instigation of the Quebec Minister and Deputy Minister of Colonization, Hunting and Fisheries, Hector Laferté and Louis-Arthur Richard, when it was decided to add a zoological conservation mission to a project for an experimental farm for the breeding of fur animals