Together to the top!

The background of the CCBB Foundation

June 29, 1981: setting up of the Fondation zoologique de St-Félicien. September 23, 1981: name change to Fondation de l'Université de la nature à St-Félicien. This name, meaning “Foundation of the University of Nature of St-Félicien”, better expressed the determination of the Zoo to prepare itself for becoming the “Year 2000 Zoo”. March 23, 1990: the name was changed once more for: the Fondation de la Société zoologique de St-Félicien. May 22, 2001: a final name change translated the new philosophy by transforming a Zoological garden into a centre for conserving boreal biodiversity: the Fondation du Centre de conservation de la biodiversité boréale (CCBB).

The Centre for the Conservation of Boreal Biodiversity (CCBB) offers you a unique concept, that of animals living within their natural environment.

Here, visitors come into exceptionally close contact with wildlife, and enjoy a unique opportunity to observe and learn.

Here, visitors can almost rub shoulders with a huge number of species, close to 80 of which live together in their habitat.

Here, visitors have at their disposal a wide range of tools that allow them to better understand the lifestyle of the northern world, including a Website (borealie.org) and a research centre whose program of activities is planned out and overseen by a university scientific committee.

The current mission of the "Wild Zoo", the wildlife component of the CCBB, is to promote awareness, appreciation and conservation of the ecosystems, species, wildlife and plant life that characterize the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, Quebec and Canada as a whole. Its field of action covers the entire temperate Boreal zone up to the global rim of the Arctic Ocean.

A Foundation with a lot of good points !

The Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose objective is to provide financial support for CCBB activities and projects. The willingness to go that extra mile and to lead the field, so characteristic of the volunteer members of our Foundation, ensures activities, discoveries and experiences that are to be enjoyed nowhere else. Please help us to continue to innovate and to pass on to thousands of people the secrets of the Boreal environment.

Join our team and help us
better promote and protect the marvels of Nature that surround us!

What will your donations be used for?

Faithful to its tradition, our institution researches then develops various projects for the future. Our imagination has no limits, but the achievement of our projects can only be made possible through the generous support of our donors and partners. Here are a few examples of projects that interest us more especially:

Sleeping and living with moose in their natural habitat   Boreal park: interpretation activities concerned with Boreal biodiversity, sleepovers in log cabin camps and inn, adventure itineraries adapted to different clienteles Research and conservation projects focused on the niche of Boreal Biodiversity (breeding of wolverines and woodland caribou) Habitats of exotic Boreal species (e.g. snow monkeys, snow leopards, Siberian tigers, etc.)

How to make a donation:

With a credit card by calling Canada Direct at 0-800-55-8330 and then dialling 418-679-0543 By cheque or postal order made out to the Foundation of the Centre for the Conservation of Boreal Biodiversity (CCBB) Tax receipt We issue an official receipt for all donations of $20 and over.

To contact us:

Foundation of the Centre for the Conservation of Boreal Biodiversity (CCBB)
2230, boulevard du Jardin, Saint-Félicien (Québec) Canada  G8K 2P8
 fondation@borealie.org