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Rivière-Delay

PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE

2889,5 km² | Designated in 2009

The Rivière-Delay proposed biodiversity reserve (Réserve de biodiversité projetée de la Rivière-Delay) protects a corridor in which the Delay River flows, along with Lac Chanikamisu, where the river widens. This reserve is also within the range of the Leaf River migratory caribou herd.

Caribou from the Leaf River herd (Caribous du troupeau de la Rivière aux Feuilles) © Marianne Ricard, KRG/ARK

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Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category III

Main conservation objectives
To protect an area representative of the physiographic unit characteristic of the natural province of the Nord-du-Québec central plateau, and more specifically the Lac Châtauguay Plateau and Lac D’Iberville Hills natural regions.

Geological province
Superior Province

Natural regions
Lac Châteauguay Plateau and Lac D’Iberville Hills

Bioclimatic domain
Forest tundra

Wildlife
Leaf River migratory caribou herd

Hydrologie
Delay River and its extension, Lac Chanikamisu, and the Rivière aux Mélèzes watershed

Archaeological sites
No sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).

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