Misplaced Pages

The Boatswain Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary (variant: Baie Boatswain Migratory Bird Sanctuary) is a migratory bird sanctuary that extends between Nunavut and Quebec, Canada. It is located in Boatswain Bay an arm of James Bay, and the Quebec headland. It was established on 29 January 1941 and consists of 17,900 hectares It was established in 1941. It is classified Category IV by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The MBS spreads over 60 sq mi (160 km). Of the 16,289.4 hectares, the land surface, governed by Quebec, totals 9,553 hectares, while the marine surface, governed by Nunavut, totals 6,736.4 hectares.

Other designations

Boatswain Bay is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU097); the MBS is situated within the IBA. The bay is also classified as a Biodiversity Reserve, and a Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site.

Notable species

The predominant bird species include:

• American black duck
• Atlantic brant
• Canada goose
• Lesser snow goose
• Yellow rail
• LeConte's sparrow

References

1. ^ "Nunavut Migratory Bird Sanctuary Facts". cws-scf.ec.gc.ca. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
2. "Baie Boatswain, Migratory Bird Sanctuary". mpaglobal.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
3. "Baie Boatswain Migratory Bird Sanctuary". qc.ec.gc.ca. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
4. Fraser, Lauchlan H.; Paul A. Keddy (2005). The world's largest wetlands: ecology and conservation. Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-521-83404-X.
5. "Boatswain Bay". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

v t e Protected Areas of Nunavut
National Parks Auyuittuq Quttinirpaaq Sirmilik Ukkusiksalik
National historic sites Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk Beechey Island Sites Blacklead Island Whaling Station Bloody Falls Fall Caribou Crossing Igloolik Island Archaeological Sites Inuksuk Kekerten Island Whaling Station Kodlunarn Island Port Refuge Wreck of HMS Breadalbane Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror
Marine Conservation Areas Tallurutiup Imanga (proposed)
National Wildlife Areas Akpait Ninginganiq Nirjutiqavvik Polar Bear Pass (Nanuit Itillinga) Qaqulluit
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries Ahiak (Queen Maud Gulf) Akimiski Island Boatswain Bay (part) Bylot Island Dewey Soper (Isulijarnik) East Bay (Qaqsauqtuuq) Hannah Bay (part) Harry Gibbons (Ikkattuaq) McConnell River (Kuugaarjuk) Prince Leopold Island Seymour Island
Marine Protected Areas Marine Protected Areas Tuvaijuittuq Marine Refuges Davis Strait Disko Fan Hatton Basin
Territorial parks Inuujarvik Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Katannilik Kekerten Kugluk/Bloody Falls Mallikjuaq Northwest Passage Ovayok Pisuktinu Tunngavik Qaummaarviit Sylvia Grinnell Tamaarvik Taqaiqsirvik Tupirvik
Wildlife refuges Bowman Bay Thelon Twin Islands

This Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This Quebec location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This Canadian protected area related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Bird sanctuaries of Qikiqtaaluk Region
• Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
• James Bay
• Protected areas established in 1941
• 1941 establishments in Canada
• Migratory Bird Sanctuaries of Canada
• Protected areas of Nord-du-Québec
• Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut geography stubs
• Quebec geography stubs
• Canadian protected area stubs