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The Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park is a provincial park in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Centering on the Malbaie River Gorge, it is the centerpiece of the UNESCO Charlevoix biosphere reserve. It is administered by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq). The park can be reached via a local road, 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwards from Route 138 in Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs. The park was created in 2000, and has a land area of 224.7 km². The 9.2 km² Grands-Ormes Ecological Reserve is an enclave within the park. The park lies within the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion and is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest.
In 1989, it became part of the UNESCO Charlevoix World biosphe reserve. In 2000, the government of Quebec officially opened the national park.