New area
since 2020
Characteristics
TERRITORIAL RESERVE FOR PROTECTED AREA PURPOSES | 3,162 KM² | DESIGNATED 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 to provide connectivity to Nunavik’s network of protected areas surrounding it, such as the Rivière-George territorial reserve for protected area purposes (Réserve de territoire aux fins d’aire protégée de la Rivière-George). Also aims to protect an essential subsistence area for Inuit and the Naskapis.
Geological province
Torngat Orogen (Churchill Province)
Natural regions
Upper George Plateau, Lower George Plateau
Bioclimatic domain
Forest tundra (Low Arctic Ecozone), transition from the spruce-lichen bioclimatic domain to the forest and shrub tundra domain
Wildlife
George River migratory caribou herd
Hydrology
Located east of the George River and within its watershed
Archaeological sites
No sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).
