Existing area prior to 2020
Characteristics
PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE | 1,959.8 KM² | DESIGNATED IN 2009
Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category III
Main conservation objectives
To protect an area representative of the Douglas Harbour Plateau physiographic unit, characterized by its irregular and strongly incised relief. Also aims in part to protect an essential subsistence area for Nunavik Inuit.
Geological province
Churchill Province
Natural regions
Salluit Plateau
Bioclimatic domain
Herbaceous arctic tundra
Wildlife
Leaf River migratory caribou herd, Peregrine falcon
Hydrology
Nearly 900 bodies of water, Douglas Harbour, Tursukattaq Fjord, Qanartalik Fjord, Lac Tarraliaq, Lac Tasialujjuaq, Jorian River, Jacquère River, Lacoudray River, Jorian and Jacquère River watersheds.
Archaeological sites
65 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).
