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Rivière-George

TERRITORIAL RESERVE FOR PROTECTED AREA PURPOSES

8 383 km² | Designated in 2008; expanded in 2020

The Rivière-George territorial reserve for protected area purposes (Réserve de territoire aux fins d’aire protégée de la Rivière-George) and its expanded area protect the George River and its watershed as well as a portion of the calving grounds of the George River caribou herd. This reserve is a north-south corridor where a transition is apparent between the spruce-lichen stand and the forest and shrub tundra bioclimatic domains, found especially on the tablelands on either side of the river in the northern portion of the territory.

Rivière-George territorial reserve for protected area purposes (Réserve de territoire aux fins d’aire protégée de la Rivière-George) © Frédéric Poisson, MELCC

The territorial reserve was originally designated in 2008. The changes made in 2020 were mainly to incorporate territories that were previously subject to mining claims. The goal is also to ensure that the network of protected areas around Parc national Ulittaniujalik is well connected.

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Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category III

Main conservation objectives
To protect a portion of the calving grounds of the George River caribou herd and the George River watershed. Also aims to protect an essential subsistence area for Inuit and the Naskapis.

Geological province
Sub-province of the Core Zone (Churchill Province)

Natural regions
De Pas Hills, Rivière à la Baleine Lowlands, Mistastin Hills, Upper George Plateau, Lower George Plateau

Bioclimatic domains

Transition from the spruce-lichen bioclimatic domain to the forest and shrub tundra domain

Wildlife
George River migratory caribou herd

Hydrology
George River

Archaeological sites
86 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)). Includes the Mushuau-nipi site, which is highly significant to the Indigenous Nations of northern Quebec and Labrador.

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