East, by the Escoumins Rivergoing down to the southeast to empty into the St. Lawrence River at the height of the municipality Les Escoumins. A forested road from the municipality Les Escoumins along this river to the "lac des Coeurs". With a length of 34 km on the course of the river, the Zec Rivière-des-Escoumins was established in 1992. In addition, the Zec D'Iberville is close to the east;
South, its southern end stops about 1 km north of the summit of Green Mountain and north of Lake Fountain.
Moreover, the territory of the ZEC has an extension to the east of the Escoumins River, covering in particular the "Lac de la Grand-Mère", "À la Pipe", Téton, Des Îles, Jérôme et Gagné. The major lakes of Zec are: Albert, Boucher, Bouliane, Brûlé, du Buccin, Carré, Chatignies, Claire, de la Corne, du Cornet, du Crachat, Edmond, des Dames, en Delta, Petit lac Dorval, "Eaux Mortes à Luma", Gabou, du Gâchis, Gagné, Gaston, Gausse, Gilles, Gorgotton, du Grand Nez, Grand Jumeau, de la Grand-Mère, aux Grenouilles, Ignace, des Îles, Italie, Jeanne, Jérôme, Jour, Karabi, Lina, Long, Louis, Maclure, Petit lac Maclure, Mado, Marennes, Montchenu, des Numéros, Oublié, Pamphile, Téton, du Pic, à la Pipe, Polette, Pointu, de Pons, Pourri, Rond, Sam, des Sapins, des Savanes, Petit lac des Savannes, du pointeur, Téton, Ti-Georges, Ti-Paul, Ti-Thomas, Ti-Tole, Tranquille, Travers, "à Viateur" and "des Vieux". Road access to the ZEC is favored by the forest road along the Escoumins River, which is the eastern boundary of the ZEC. The eastern boundary of the ZEC is 25 km from the city center of Les Escoumins and 30 km from downtown Tadoussac.
Hunting and fishing
Besides camping, Nordic ZEC has four rustic campgrounds: des Trois-Portes, du Rapide-Blanc, and du Petit lac Maclure et du Lac Rond. ZEC is a gamey Nordic territory. Species subject to quotas for hunting are the moose, black bear, grouse, grouse and hare. Quotas and conditions apply depending on the time of year, hunting or sex of moose. Zec established a quota for fishing brook trout.
Toponymy
The origin of the name is related to the fact that the ZEC is located in the region on the north bank of the Saguenay River and also St. Lawrence River, and the zec is part of the administrative region of Côte-Nord. Certainly few other ZEC in Quebec are located further north than the ZEC Nordique The name "Zec Nordique" was formalized on August 5, 1982 at the Bank of place names in the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
