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Fjord-Tursukattaq

PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE

1959,8 km² | Designated in 2009

The Fjord-Tursukattaq proposed biodiversity reserve (Réserve de biodiversité projetée du Fjord-Tursukattaq) protects an area of deep fjords and glacial valleys that characterize the landscape of the region. It also protects part of the range of the Leaf River migratory caribou herd and many archaeological sites. Many traditional and subsistence activities are practised in this area.

Fjord-Tursukattaq proposed biodiversity reserve (Réserve de biodiversité projetée du Fjord-Tursukattaq) © Catherine Pinard, KRG /ARK

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Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category III

Main conservation objectives
To protect an area representative of the Douglas Harbour Plateau physiographic unit, characterized by its irregular and strongly incised relief. Also aims in part to protect an essential subsistence area for Nunavik Inuit.

Geological province
Churchill Province

Natural region
Salluit Plateau

Bioclimatic domain
Herbaceous arctic tundra

Wildlife
Leaf River migratory caribou herd, Peregrine falcon

Hydrology
Nearly 900 bodies of water, Douglas Harbour, Tursukattaq Fjord, Qanartalik Fjord, Lac Tarraliaq, Lac Tasialujjuaq, Jorian River, Jacquère River, Lacoudray River, Jorian and Jacquère River watersheds.

Archaeological sites
65 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).

Conservation plan:

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