Réserve de biodiversité Kakinwawigak
Kakinwawigak biodiversity reserve
47.6136° N, 79.0937° W
Réserve de biodiversité Kakinwawigak, Quebec. 47.6136° N, 79.0937° W
Biodiversity reserve, 243 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/qc/reserve-de-biodiversite-kakinwawigak/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Réserve de biodiversité Kakinwawigak is a 243 km² biodiversity reserve 2.4 km northwest of Moffet, in Quebec. It was established in 2019.
7 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lac des Quinze (329 km²).
- Area
- 243 km²
- Established
- 2019
- Named lakes
- 7
Conditions today
5.2 °C
Observed at Témiscamingue, as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this morning. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Témiscamingue (local forecast), as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:55 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:26 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:39 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:10 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:17 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:58 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac des Quinze | 329 km² |
| 2 | Lac Roger | 46.7 km² |
| 3 | Lac Klock | 1.91 km² |
| 4 | Lac Gérin-Lajoie | 1.53 km² |
| 5 | Lac à Drolet | 0.35 km² |
| 6 | Lac du Vieux-Leblanc | 0.26 km² |
| 7 | Lac Roger | 0.15 km² |
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Biodiversity reserve
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction des aires protégées
Names
- Kakinwawigak biodiversity reserveEnglish form