ᐊᓄᒡ ᐊᑎᒂᒡ ᐊᔅᒋᔭ
ᐊᑎᓇᑕᐃᑲᓄᒡ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ
PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE | 889.4 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 in part to protect an essential subsistence area for Nunavik Inuit.
Geological province
Superior Province
Natural regions
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)).
