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.
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| Coordinates: 50°14′N 63°36′W / 50.233°N 63.600°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Havre-Saint-Pierre |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Meggie Richard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 63,731.31 km2 (24,606.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 53,340.31 km2 (20,594.81 sq mi) |
| Includes native reserves | |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 6,467 |
| • Density | 0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  1.8% |
| • Dwellings | 3,306 |
| Includes native reserves | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
The RCM administration is seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre. It has an area of 63,731.31 square kilometres (24,606.80 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),[3] or a land area of 53,340.31 square kilometres (20,594.81 sq mi) according to Statistics Canada. Its population in the 2021 Canadian census was 6,467.[4] 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 2021 Canadian census was 9,849.[5]
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territory was transferred to the newly created Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, which superseded Basse-Côte-Nord.[6]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
editThere are 9 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 2011 | 6,613 | — |
| 2016 | 6,587 | −0.4% |
| 2021 | 6,467 | −1.8% |
| Population amounts include native reserves. Source: Statistics Canada | ||
Transportation
editSea - Air - Ground
editUntil 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
editHighways and numbered routes that run through the RCM, including external routes that start or finish on its borders.[11]
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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
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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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141053". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 981". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b Derived indirectly from Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH) website, by summing up data for Aguanish (680.61 km2), Baie-Johan-Beetz (532.06 km2), Havre-Saint-Pierre (3932.33 km2), L'Île-d'Anticosti (9291.18 km2), Lac-Jérôme (46531.86 km2), Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan (643.21 km2), Mingan (38.38 km2), Nutashkuan (1.19 km2), Natashquan (695.43 km2), Rivière-Saint-Jean (743.35 km2), and Rivière-au-Tonnerre (641.71 km2) total areas (total area given at website is 17,159.88 km2 which excludes the unorg. territory and reserves).
- ^ a b c "Table 98-10-0018-01 Population and dwelling counts: Regional county municipalities (RCM), Quebec". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Minganie--Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Census division (CDR) Quebec. 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ 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
- ^ "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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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,
- ^ 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.
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
External links
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- (in French) Municipalité régionale de comté de Minganie