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Canyon-Eaton
TERRITORIAL RESERVE FOR PROTECTED AREA PURPOSES
The Canyon-Eaton territorial reserve for protected area purposes (Réserve de territoire aux fins d’aire protégée du Canyon-Eaton) provides protection for an area of conservation interest, especially for the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach, and for traditional activities. The territory includes old-growth forests and hills that display abundant plant diversity. Its protection would contribute to the representativeness of these natural features that are rare in the network of protected areas in Nunavik. Eaton Canyon, Caniapiscau River Gorge, and Goodwood River Falls are spectacular geomorphological features of the landscape.
Characteristics
Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category III
Main conservation objectives
To protect an essential subsistence area for the Naskapis and a representative territory of the Schefferville Hills natural region.
Geological province
Labrador Trough (Churchill Province)
Natural regions
Lac Sérigny Plateau, Lac du Sable Plateau, Schefferville Hills
Bioclimatic domain
Open-canopy forest (spruce stands and lichens) (Low Arctic Ecozone)
Wildlife
Important aquatic habitat of the Caniapiscau, important breeding and nesting areas for avifauna
Hydrology
Caniapiscau River, Goodwood River
Archaeological sites
No sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).
