ᐊᓄᒡ ᐊᑎᒂᒡ ᐊᔅᒋᔭ
ᐊᑎᓇᑕᐃᑲᓄᒡ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ
ᐊᔅᒋᔾ ᐊᑎᓯᓇᑕᐃᑲᓄᒡ ᐊᑎᐸᓂᔅᑕᑲᓄᒡ ᒐᒋ ᓇᑲᑐᐛᐃᑕᑲᓄᒡ ᐊᔅᒋᔾ ᐛᑐᑕᑲᓄᒡ | 8,383 KM² | DESIGNATED IN 2009 ; EXPANDED IN 2020
Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category III
Main conservation objectives
To protect a portion of the calving grounds of the George River caribou herd and the George River watershed. Also aims to protect an essential subsistence area for Inuit and the Naskapis.
Geological province
CSub-province of the Core Zone (Churchill Province)
Natural regions
De Pas Hills, Rivière à la Baleine Lowlands, Mistastin Hills, Upper George Plateau, Lower George Plateau
Bioclimatic domain
Transition from the spruce-lichen bioclimatic domain to the forest and shrub tundra domain
Wildlife
George River migratory caribou herd
Hydrology
George River
Archaeological sites
86 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)). Includes the Mushuau-nipi site, which is highly significant to the Indigenous Nations of northern Quebec and Labrador.
