[5] Until concrete evidence suggesting its existence was discovered in 1975, biologists typically discounted the idea that a grizzly bear had once roamed northern Quebec.

American ethnologist and northern explorer William Brooks Cabot made several visits to the Labrador region between 1899 and 1925, studying the Innu people.

By studying wear on the molars, Cox determined that the skull belonged to a full-grown but small female grizzly bear.

[2] In 1910, a skull found east of the George River at an Innu camp was photographed and later determined to be a grizzly bear.

The discovery of more bear bones in the area is thought to be unlikely, due to the Innu practice of consuming, utilizing or otherwise disposing of every part of hunted animals.