Parc national des Monts-Pyramides Project

Photo: Stéphane Cossette, MDDEP

The proposed Parc national des Monts-Pyramides is in territory traversed by the majestic Rivière George, some 120 kilometres south of the village of Kangiqsualujjuaq, in Nunavik. The total area included by the park would be approximately 5272 km². The purpose of the project is to protect a representative sample of the natural region of the Rivière George plateau.

The Monts Pyramides owe their name to the pyramidal shape of their best-known member, the 457 metre high Pic Pyramide. The Inuit call this mountain Ulittaniujalik, meaning "the place where there are shorelines". The striking step-like sides of Pic Pyramide are in fact the stranded shorelines of a glacial lake that covered the region from 9108 to 8032 years before the present.

Public Hearings

As authorized by the Parks Act, the MDDEP held public hearings in collaboration with the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) in order to listen to the opinions of individuals and groups with an interest in the creation of this new national park in Nunavik. The hearings were held jointly with the Kativik Environmental Quality Commission. Public sessions were held in Kangiqsualujjuaq on November 21 and 22, 2011, in Kuujjuaq on November 23, 2011 and in Kawawachikamach on November 24, 2011.

• Press releases
  • Public hearings in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq and Kawawachikamach (November 14, 2011)
  • Public consultation on the creation of Parc national des Monts-Pyramides (September 21, 2011)

A report on the public consultation hearings will be tabled in the coming months.

Documentation

• Provisional Master Plan (PDF, 6,5 Mb)
• Summary of the Provisional Master Plan
  • Part 1 On the trail of an Ancient Lake (PDF, 1,4 Mb)
  • Part 2 Proposed Boundary (PDF, 1,4 Mb)
  • Part 3 Landscapes shaped by Time (PDF, 1,4 Mb)
  • Part 4 Native People at the Heart of Management (PDF, 1,4 Mb)
  • Part 5 Proposed Zoning (PDF, 1,4 Mb)
  • Part 6 Proposed Development Concept (PDF, 1,4 Mb)
  • Map 1 Proposed Boundary (PDF, 931 kb)
  • Map 2 Zoning (PDF, 949 kb)
  • Map 3 Development Concept (PDF, 948 kb)

Inuktitut version (PDF, 4,2 Mb)
Naskapi version (PDF, 4,1 Mb)

• Environmental and Social Impact Study (PDF, 14 Mb)

Paper copies of these documents are available at the MDDEP's information centre:

The Kativik Regional Government has also produced a document entitled "Monts-Pyramides National Park Project – Status Report". These documents, Environmental and Social Impact Study and Status Report, are available on the following website: http://www.nunavikparks.ca/en/index.htm. Printed copies may be obtained upon request, by email at info@parcsnunavik.ca or by telephone at 819-964-2961, extension 2340.