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The migratory woodland caribou refers to two herds of Rangifer tarandus (known as caribou in North America) that are included in the migratory woodland ecotype of the subspecies Rangifer tarandus caribou or woodland caribou [1] [2] that live in Nunavik, Quebec, and Labrador: the Leaf River caribou herd (LRCH) [3] [4] and the George River caribou herd (GRCH) south of Ungava Bay.
References. Caribou herds and populations in Canada. Appearance. Caribou herds in Canada are discrete populations of seven subspecies that are represented in Canada. Caribou can be found from the High Arctic region south to the boreal forest and Rocky Mountains and from the east to the west coasts. [ 1 ] Arctic peoples, including the Caribou ...
The boreal woodland caribou is well-adapted to cold environments, with a compact body covered with a thick and long coat (thicker in winter than in summer). [12] They have a large blunt muzzle, short wide ears and a small tail. Adults have a brown to dark-brown coat in summer, [12] becoming greyer in winter. [12]
Reindeer. The reindeer or caribou[a] (Rangifer tarandus) [5] is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. [2] It is the only representative of the genus Rangifer.
The Leaf River caribou herd (LRCH), [78] another migratory herd of Labrador caribou, near the coast of Hudson Bay, increased from 270 000 individuals in 1991 to 628 000 in 2001. [79] By 2011 the herd had decreased to 430 000.
Until the early 20th century, Naskapi relied on an annual caribou hunt to provide enough food for the winter, as well as skins to make tents and clothing. Caribou also provided sinew and antlers as raw materials for tools. During years with poor hunting conditions, families might disperse across the barrens to search for food.
R. t. pearyi. The barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus; but subject to a recent taxonomic revision) is a subspecies of the reindeer (or the caribou in North America) that is found in the Canadian territories of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, in northern Alaska and in south-western Greenland.
The Innu / Ilnu ("man", "person") or Innut / Innuat / Ilnuatsh ("people"), formerly called Montagnais from the French colonial period (French for "mountain people", English pronunciation: / ˌmɔːntənˈjɛ /), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit the territory in the northeastern portion of the present-day province of Labrador and some ...