Quaqtaq-Kangirsuk

ᐊᓂᐦᐄ ᔕᔥ ᐊᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ ᐊᔅᒌᐦ

ᒋᐦᒋᓂᐧᐋᒋᐦᒋᑭᓐ

PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE | 1,380.8 KM² | DESIGNATED IN 2009

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 to protect territories identified as essential and important subsistence areas for Nunavik Inuit.

Geological province
Churchill Province

Natural regions
Rivière-Vachon Plateau

Bioclimatic domain
Herbaceous arctic tundra

Wildlife
Leaf River migratory caribou herd, muskox

Hydrology
Hydrographic network mainly formed by a parallel network of small rivers, Gadois River and Garnier River watersheds

Archaeological sites
62 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).