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Rivière-Delay
PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE
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.
Characteristics
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
Hydrology
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)).
