Existing area prior to 2020
Characteristics
PROPOSED AQUATIC RESERVE | 4,651.2 KM² | DESIGNATED IN 2018
Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category II
Main conservation objectives
To protect and maintain the biological diversity and natural and cultural resources associated with the territory, including the protection of the Arctic char.
Geological province
Churchill Province
Natural regions
Salluit Plateau
Bioclimatic domain
– Shrub arctic tundra
– Herbaceous arctic tundra
Wildlife
Terrestrial
Migratory caribou (Leaf River herd) – Ungava lemming – Arctic hare – Grey wolf – Polar bear – Arctic fox
Aquatic
Arctic char – Lake cisco – Three-spined stickleback – Ninespine stickleback – Lake whitefish – Lake trout
Avian
Canada goose – Snow bunting – Tundra swan – Common eider – Snowy owl – Rock ptarmigan – Snow goose
Archaeological sites
21 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)) have been identified inland from Kuuvik Bay and several others have yet to be studied.
