Réserve de biodiversité Uapishka
Uapishka Biodiversity Reserve
51.5732° N, 67.9674° W
Réserve de biodiversité Uapishka, Quebec. 51.5732° N, 67.9674° W
Biodiversity reserve, 1,380 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/qc/reserve-de-biodiversite-uapishka/, 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.
Réserve de biodiversité Uapishka is a 1,380 km² biodiversity reserve 117 km south of Fermont, in Quebec. It was established in 2009.
35 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Réservoir Manicouagan (1,800 km²).
- Area
- 1,380 km²
- Established
- 2009
- Named lakes
- 35
Sun and moon today
- Civil dawn
- 6:12 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:46 a.m.
- Sunset
- 5:51 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:24 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:33 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:09 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
In the park
The 12 largest of 35 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Réservoir Manicouagan | 1,800 km² |
| 2 | Petit lac Manicouagan | 214 km² |
| 3 | Lac Meshekemau | 1.66 km² |
| 4 | Lac Raudot | 1.31 km² |
| 5 | Lac Kauashemistukutsut | 0.88 km² |
| 6 | Lac du Huard | 0.84 km² |
| 7 | Lac Lucie | 0.64 km² |
| 8 | Lac Jorian | 0.63 km² |
| 9 | Lac Joyel | 0.57 km² |
| 10 | Lac de la Similitude | 0.38 km² |
| 11 | Lac Kautshiunanut | 0.37 km² |
| 12 | Lac Kauashastekuetsut | 0.37 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
- Uapishka Biodiversity ReserveEnglish form