Books on caribou conservation, habits of the caribou, physical characteristics,and more. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is an outstanding example of the Canadian Shield. We hunt the Middle Ridge herd. The name caribou came from a Micman Indian word, Xalibou, meaning one who paws or digs. Their Latin name is Ceruidae.
Caribou live mainly in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Siberia.
The caribou is 4-5 feet high at the shoulder. Carbou can weigh from 240 pounds to 700 pounds. Habitat and Range for the caribou is mountain uplands, tundra, and northern forests from western Alaska through Canada to western Greenland, northern Europe, and northern Asia. Towering above Amethyst Lake the Ramparts stand in an ancient defiance against the agents of time. It is associated with the nesting and rearing stages of millions of Snow Geese, which migrate to Canadian wetlands from areas as far south as the Gulf of Mexico.