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Kangiqsujuaq
PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE
The Kangiqsujuaq proposed biodiversity reserve (Réserve de biodiversité projetée de Kangiqsujuaq) protects an area of historical and archaeological significance to Nunavik Inuit. Steatite (soapstone) quarries and Dorset longhouses (from the Dorset people, who predated the arrival of Inuit) were found on site, as well as boulder structures. The territory has a rugged relief in some places, with the slope of the plateau ending on the sea, forming a rocky coastline interspersed with small valleys. This reserve is also within the range of the Leaf River migratory caribou herd.
Characteristics
Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Categories II and III
Main conservation objectives
To protect an area representative of the physiographic unit characteristic of the Ungava Peninsula natural province and the Vachon River Plateau natural region. Also aims in part to protect an essential subsistence area for Nunavik Inuit.
Geological province
Superior Province
Natural region
Rivière-Vachon Plateau
Bioclimatic domain
Herbaceous arctic tundra
Wildlife
Leaf River migratory caribou herd
Hydrology
Lataille River Watershed
Archaeological sites
30 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).
