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Wawakapewin
is classified as being part of the Severn Uplands of the Canadian
Shield just south of the border defining Hudson Bay Lowlands.
Wawakapewin lies within the Northern Boreal Forest and is
dominated by the development of closed forests of black spruce,
jack pine and tamarack. On upland areas (eskers, drumlins
and other glacier landforms) support white spruce, balasm
fir, trembling aspen and balsam poplar.
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Black
Spruce
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Jack
Pine
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Tamarack
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White
Spruce
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Balsam
Fir
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Quaking
Aspen
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The climate
of the area is generally classified as humid subarctic which
has hot, humid summers with mild rainfall and cold winters
with heavy snowfalls.
Animal
species within Wawakapewin and traditional lands are consistent
with the Northern Boreal Forest and include large mammals
such as moose, caribou and black bear. Other mammals include
wolf, lynx, wolverine, fisher, martin, red fox, beaver, porcupine,
snowshoe hare, muskrat and river otter.
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Moose
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Caribou
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Black
Bear
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Grey
Wolf
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Canadian
Lynx
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Wolverine
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Beaver
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Porcupine
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Snowshoe
Hare
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Birds
common to Wawakapewin include a variety of migrating waterfowl
and upland game birds. Waterfowl such as loon, Canada goose,
mallards, black ducks, pintail duck, green-winged and blue
winged teals, golden eye, bufflehead, and red breasted mergansers.
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Loon
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Snowy
Owl
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Great
Grey Owl
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Fish
species common to the lakes and river surrounding Wawakapewin
are lake sturgeon, whitefish, walleye, northern pike, suckers,
yellow perch and brook trout.
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