Specific agreement
Characteristics
SPECIFIC AGREEMENT | 4,294 KM² (LAC CAMBRIEN) | 1,496 KM² (LAC NACHICAPAU)
Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Category III
Main conservation objectives
Area of significant and particular interest for conservation, notably because of its plant diversity, associated cultural and traditional values, and interesting tourist potential.
Geological province
Labrador Trough (Churchill Province)
Natural regions
Schefferville Hills, Lac Jeannin Depression, Rivière à la Baleine Lowlands, Lac aux Feuilles Hills, Lac Sérigny Plateau, Lac Châteauguay Plateau
Bioclimatic domain
Spruce-lichen forest and forest tundra domain
Wildlife
Golden eagle, Peregrine falcon, Harlequin duck (eastern population)
Hydrology
Caniapiscau River
Archaeological sites
– 20 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).
– Sites of special significance to the Naskapis and Nunavik Inuit, particularly Waskaikinis (Fort MacKenzie), a former Hudson’s Bay Company trading post, Naskapi gathering place (1916–1948), and Nunavik Inuit commercial transhumance site.
