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)).