Existing area prior to 2020
Characteristics
PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE | 3,259.9 KM² | DESIGNATED IN 2009
Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category III
Main conservation objectives
To protect an essential subsistence area for the Naskapis and a representative territory of the Schefferville Hills natural region.
Geological province
Labrador Trough (Churchill Province)
Natural regions
Lac Sérigny Plateau, Lac du Sable Plateau, Schefferville Hills
Bioclimatic domain
Open-canopy forest (spruce stands and lichens) (Low Arctic Ecozone)
Wildlife
Important aquatic habitat of the Caniapiscau, important breeding and nesting areas for avifauna
Hydrology
Caniapiscau River, Goodwood River
Archaeological sites
No sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).
