Toponymie | Canton de Potton | Place Names

This pond is situated to the south of Sargent's Bay, to the west of Lake Memphremagog, off Chemin des Faucons-Pèlerins.  Although a small kayak or canoe may be used on the pond, it is impossible to walk around this body of water for it is a swamp.  Although the pond is not threatened on the short term, this site is judged worthy of conservation and has already been designated as a “ muskrat habitat ».  A large variety of aquatic, wetland and forest plants are to be found there.  Spiny hornwort, a plant likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable grows there, as does the blue-flag iris (Iris versicolor), designated as Quebec's floral emblem in 1998.  The small Northern ring-necked snake, a species rare to Quebec lives in proximity.  The morphological characteristics of the pond are not favorable for nesting wildfowl, but Swamp sparrows and Red-winged blackbirds may nest there.  A Red-tailed Hawk, a bird of prey, was sighted.  The site offers a natural setting to eventual visitors, but access by canoe requires a portage through dense underbrush.^[1]