The Gault Nature Reserve
The Gault Nature Reserve, owned by McGill University, is located at Mont-Saint-Hilaire and protects more than 1,000 hectares of natural forest.
Trail map
Our trail network is 25 km and 4 summits overlook Lake Hertel.
Opening hours (trails)
April to November
Opening
Closing
A scientific legacy
Teaching and research are essential activities at the Gault Nature Reserve. The first scientific studies at the site date back to 1859. Famous scientists such as Sir John W. Dawson, T. Sterry Hunt and Brother Marie-Victorin have explored the vast forests of Mont Saint-Hilaire.
Today there are over 400 scientific articles, nearly 100 graduate and postgraduate theses, more than 50 reports and approximately 30 chapters or books that have focused on Mont Saint-Hilaire.
Impacts of white-tailed deer browsing on white trillium
Long-term project of the Gault Nature Reserve
McGill University
Start date: 2006
Research area: Gault Nature Reserve
Featured research projects
LEAP (Large Experimental Array of Ponds)
Supervisor : Prof. Andrew Gonzalez
McGill University
Start date : 2016
Research area : Gault Nature Reserve
Interactive impacts of global change on freshwater plankton: implications for lake food web structure and function
Marie-Pier Hébert, Ph.D. candidate
Supervisor: Professor Gregor Fussmann
McGill University
Start date: 2016
Research area: Gault Nature Reserve
Pollination services are mediated by bee functional diversity and landscape context
Kyle Texeira-Martins, Master Student
Supervisor: Prof. Martin Lechowicz
McGill University
Start date: 2010
Research area: Gault Nature Reserve and surrounding area
As climate warms, mice morph
Professor Virginie Millien
McGill University
Start date: 2007
Research area: Gault Nature Reserve
Outdoor activities
The Nature Centre, our partner in conservation founded in 1972 under the initiative of the University, welcomes you 365 days a year.
Meetings
Meeting rooms
Covid-19: Meeting rooms are not available at this time.
