Minganie Regional County Municipality

Coordinates: 50°14′N 63°36′W / 50.233°N 63.600°W / 50.233; -63.600
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Minganie
Regional county municipality
Location of Minganie
Coordinates: 50°14′N 63°36′W / 50.233°N 63.600°W / 50.233; -63.600[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatHavre-Saint-Pierre
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectMeggie Richard
Area
[2][3][4]
 • Total73,725.10 km2 (28,465.42 sq mi)
 • Land56,116.77 km2 (21,666.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3][4]
 • Total6,582
 • Density0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 3.0%
 • Dwellings
3,038
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.mrc.minganie.org

Minganie is a regional county municipality bathes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence water's, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada, its territory includes Anticosti Island.

The RCM administration is seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre. It has an area of 73,725.10 square kilometres (28,465.42 sq mi) according to Quebec's Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire (which includes coastal, lake, and river water territory and also disputed land within Labrador), or a land area of 56,116.77 square kilometres (21,666.81 sq mi) according to Statistics Canada. The population from the Canada 2011 Census was 6,582[4] and in 2016 it was 11,323.[5] The majority live in Havre-Saint-Pierre.[2]

Minganie and the neighbouring Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality are grouped into the single census division of Minganie—Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (known as Minganie–Basse-Côte-Nord before 2010). The combined population at the Canada 2011 Census was 11,708.[3]

Until 2002, Minganie RCM encompassed the entire lower north shore right up to Blanc-Sablon. In 2002, it lost all the coastal communities east of the Natashquan River when the Basse-Côte-Nord Territory was formed. In July 2010, the RCM lost another 44% of its territory when the (uninhabited) Petit-Mécatina unorganized territory was transferred to the newly created Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, which superseded Basse-Côte-Nord.[6]

Subdivisions[edit]

There are 9 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:[2]

Transportation[edit]

On the ground[edit]

Until the arrival of The Whale Route (Route 138)[7][8] in 1996, the only regular means of access to the area was the boat service maintained during the navigation season by Clarke Steamship Company, Ltd.[9] The regularity of the service becomes more and more uncertain from the month of September, depending on the date of the arrival of winter with its snow, ice, storms and fog. However, it is possible to reach the area by chartering seaplanes that can easily land under favourable atmospheric conditions in many deep bays and on windward waters sheltered by islands.[10]

Route & trails[edit]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the RCM, including external routes that start or finish on its borders.[11]

In 2024, the Côte-Nord region is part of the network of the 33 000 km of trails of The Federation of Snowmobile Clubs of Quebec and La Minganie Snowmobile Club, based in Les Escoumins,[12] offer detailed interactive maps on the different circuits and their points of services.

River basins[edit]

Falls on the Manitou River
Natashquan River near its mouth

There are a number of large rivers that flow in a generally north–south direction through Minganie to enter the Gulf. Near the coast the river basins tend to narrow in towards the river mouth, and between their mouths are areas that drain into the Gulf through smaller streams. From west to east, the larger river basins, which may cover parts of Labrador, Sept-Rivières or Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, are:[13]

River Basin size Mouth coordinates Map link
km2 sq. mile
Bouleau 684 264 50°16′55″N 65°30′53″W / 50.281944°N 65.514722°W / 50.281944; -65.514722 EFPVK
Sault Plat 87.7 33.9 50°17′34″N 65°26′35″W / 50.292778°N 65.443056°W / 50.292778; -65.443056 EIBXJ
Tortue 793 306 50°18′03″N 65°22′27″W / 50.300833°N 65.374167°W / 50.300833; -65.374167 EIHTJ
Manitou 2,653 1,024 50°17′52″N 65°14′29″W / 50.297778°N 65.241389°W / 50.297778; -65.241389 EHDEJ
Chaloupe 202 78 50°17′35″N 65°07′19″W / 50.293056°N 65.121944°W / 50.293056; -65.121944 EFVQV
Sheldrake 1,183 457 50°16′18″N 64°55′45″W / 50.271667°N 64.929167°W / 50.271667; -64.929167 EIDHB
Tonnerre 692 267 50°16′25″N 64°46′46″W / 50.273611°N 64.779444°W / 50.273611; -64.779444 EIHQL
Jupitagon 223 86 50°17′14″N 64°35′04″W / 50.287222°N 64.584444°W / 50.287222; -64.584444 EGURN
Magpie 7,646 2,952 50°19′11″N 64°27′32″W / 50.319722°N 64.458889°W / 50.319722; -64.458889 EHCNP
Saint-Jean 5,599 2,162 50°17′00″N 64°20′04″W / 50.283333°N 64.334444°W / 50.283333; -64.334444 EIACM
Mingan 2,321 896 50°17′45″N 63°59′22″W / 50.295833°N 63.989444°W / 50.295833; -63.989444 EHGSU
Romaine 14,510 5,600 50°18′08″N 63°48′12″W / 50.302222°N 63.803333°W / 50.302222; -63.803333 EHXDD
Ours 260 100 50°17′54″N 63°03′29″W / 50.298333°N 63.058056°W / 50.298333; -63.058056 EHMZM
Corneille 563 217 50°17′04″N 62°53′53″W / 50.2844444°N 62.8980556°W / 50.2844444; -62.8980556 EFZNQ
Piashti 386 149 50°17′11″N 62°48′19″W / 50.2863889°N 62.8052778°W / 50.2863889; -62.8052778 EHQDT
Quetachou 1,017 393 50°18′37″N 62°43′26″W / 50.3102778°N 62.7238889°W / 50.3102778; -62.7238889 EHTZO
Véronique 111 43 50°18′39″N 62°42′12″W / 50.3108333°N 62.7033333°W / 50.3108333; -62.7033333 EIKWH
Watshishou 1,044 403 50°16′10″N 62°41′33″W / 50.2694444°N 62.6925°W / 50.2694444; -62.6925 EIMMB
Little Watshishou 413 159 50°16′19″N 62°37′54″W / 50.2719444°N 62.6316667°W / 50.2719444; -62.6316667 EIMMC
Pashashibou 154 59 50°16′39″N 62°20′55″W / 50.2775°N 62.3486111°W / 50.2775; -62.3486111 EHOAQ
Nabisipi 2,086 805 50°13′59″N 62°13′14″W / 50.2330556°N 62.2205556°W / 50.2330556; -62.2205556 EHJDV
Aguanish 5,777 2,231 50°13′05″N 62°05′10″W / 50.2180556°N 62.0861111°W / 50.2180556; -62.0861111 EKVRE
Natashquan 16,005 6,180 50°07′07″N 61°48′26″W / 50.1186111°N 61.8072222°W / 50.1186111; -61.8072222 EHJNH

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141053". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b c d "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 981". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b c "Minganie Regional County Municipality (Code 2498) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ^ a b c Derived indirectly from Minganie—Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent census division Hierarchy data, by summing up data for Aguanish, Baie-Johan-Beetz, Havre-Saint-Pierre, L'Île-d'Anticosti, Lac-Jérôme, Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, Mingan, Natashquan (reserve), Natashquan (township), Rivière-Saint-Jean and Rivière-au-Tonnerre census subdivisions.
  5. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Minganie--Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Census division [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  6. ^ Audrée Soucy (July 2010), "Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC)" (PDF), Modifications aux municipalités du Québec, Quebec: Institut de la statistique du Québec, ISSN 1715-6408, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12, retrieved 2010-09-17
  7. ^ "Network of observation sites along the Whale Route (Route 138)" (PDF). 2010-05-21. p. 12. Retrieved 11 May 2024. Whale-watching sites for everyone
  8. ^ "Whales of the St. Lawrence river". Whales Online. 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024. The estuary is home to belugas all year round. In summer, the estuary also hosts rorquals and other species of toothed whales that benefit from the abundance of krill, capelin and other small fish.
  9. ^ "The Clarke Steamship Co Ltd" (PDF). 7 June 2014. pp. 41 of 74. Retrieved 17 May 2024. The North Shore service now sailed from Quebec every Tuesday at 9 am, serving no fewer than thirty locales, consisting of pulpwood ports, native villages, trading posts and fishing settlements,
  10. ^ Jacques Claveau (1950). "The North Shore of the St. Lawrence, from Aguanish to Washicoutai Bay, Saguenay County" (PDF) (in French). Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles - Gouvernement du Québec. pp. 8 of 78. Retrieved 18 May 2024. Aguanish is about 515 miles downstream from the city of Quebec and about 90 miles due east of the village of Mingan.
  11. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
  12. ^ "La Minganie Snowmobile Club". Côte-Nord entre nature et démesure. 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024. In order to preserve our magnificent North Shore in its wild state, we invite you to adopt the principles of the Leave No Trace code of ethics.
  13. ^ Portrait préliminaire de la zone de gestion intégrée de l'eau par bassin versant Duplessis (PDF) (in French), OBV Duplessis, April 2015, p. 20, retrieved 2019-09-29

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