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This seasonally-flooded area is an important stopping point for hundreds of thousands of migrating . In 1998, it was recognized as a wetland of international significance under the Ramsar Convention .

Lac Saint-Pierre was designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2000.


ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

Despite its biosphere reserve status, the lake contains an unknown number of unexploded Bomb s from tests in the 1950s through 2000s, and Sewer waste from Montreal decreases the Water Quality .


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