ᐊᓄᒡ ᐊᑎᒂᒡ ᐊᔅᒋᔭ
ᐊᑎᓇᑕᐃᑲᓄᒡ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ
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)).
