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Kangiqsujuaq

PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE

889,4 km² | Designated in 2009

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.

Kangiqsujuaq proposed biodiversity reserve (Réserve de biodiversité projetée de Kangiqsujuaq) © MELCC

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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)).

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