Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is a municipality in the

regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...

of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas, both along the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The larger main part stretches from the

Natashquan River The Natashquan is a river in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. It flows south into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Geography The river has its source just south of the boundary between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence ...

to the

Gros Mécatina River The Gros Mécatina River (french: Rivière du Gros Mécatina) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Location The Gros Mécatina River is about long, and originates in Lac Bouch ...

and includes all populated places. The eastern part is a small section between Middle Bay and Brador.

History

The Municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent was incorporated in 1963 and originally extended along the shores of the Saint Lawrence from the Natashquan River to the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial border, some roughly corresponding to the Basse-Côte-Nord territory. However, with an isolated population scattered over a large area devoid of roads, the municipality did not have an elected municipal council and was managed by an appointed administrator headquartered in Chevery. Starting in 1990, a restructuring plan was enacted that would carve up Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-Saint-Laurent into several additional municipalities. That year, the municipalities of Bonne-Espérance and

Blanc-Sablon Blanc-Sablon is the easternmost community in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, in the administrative région of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, Canada. With a population of 1,122 inhabitants in 2021, it is the most p ...

were formed, followed by the Municipality of Saint-Augustin on December 30, 1992, and finally the municipality of Gros-Mécatina on December 22, 1993. On May 8, 1996, the municipality's name was officially adjusted to Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent.

Communities

The municipality includes the communities of

Chevery Chevery is an unconstituted locality (Quebec), unconstituted locality within the municipality (Quebec), municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. ...

Harrington Harbour Harrington Harbour is an unconstituted locality within the municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. History Harrington Harbour was founded near the end of the 19th century by fishermen f ...

, Kegaska, and Tête-à-la-Baleine. It also includes the following abandoned settlements and ghost towns, in order from west to east: Musquaro, Wolf Bay, Aylmer Sound, Ettamiau, Pointe Amouri, Barachois, Chez Menneau, and Boulet's (also known as Bully's).

Chevery

Chevery () is the administrative centre of the municipality, located at the mouth of the

Nétagamiou River The Nétagamiou River (french: Rivière Nétagamiou) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Location The Nétagamiou River flows through the unorganized territory ...

. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 251.

Harrington Harbour

Harrington Harbour () was founded near the end of the 19th century by fishermen from

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

.Tourism Lower North Shore: Harrington Harbour
/ref> The primary activity is commercial fishing for

crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...

s, lobster, turbot, halibut, cod, and lumpfish. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 261.

Kegaska

Kegaska () is the westernmost community in the municipality. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 138, mostly anglophone settlers from Anticosti Island.

Tête-à-la-Baleine

Tête-à-la-Baleine (), occasionally known as Whale Head in English, was settled in the 19th century after Michael Kenty bought the local trading post from the Labrador Company. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 129.

Musquaro

The ghost town of Musquaro () is at the mouth of the Musquaro River, between Kegaska and La Romaine. Identified as ''Mascoüarou'' on Louis Jolliet's map of 1694, the name went through numerous spelling changes, such as ''Nasquirou, Maskouaro'', and ''Mahkuanu''. Its root meaning is "black bear tail" and may refer to the foothills of Mount Mascoüarou as shown Jolliet's map. It was the site of a fortified trading post, established in 1710, and a catholic mission. In 1780, the post was on the territory granted to the Labrador Company of Quebec. 23 years later, the franchise went to the

North West Company The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what is present-day Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great weal ...

which in turn was sold to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. Closed for a brief time in 1859, the post remained occupied until 1925 after which it closed permanently.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Transportation

The municipality is served by three small local airports,

Chevery Airport Chevery Airport is located on the north-eastern shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' ...

Kegaska Airport Kégashka Airport is located north of Kegaska, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, ...

and

Tête-à-la-Baleine Airport Tête-à-la-Baleine Airport is located southwest of Tête-à-la-Baleine, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward ...

. Harrington Harbour is served by a heliport, but does not have its own full airport. Harrington Harbour is located on a small island which has no cars or roads, and all transportation in the community is by

bicycle A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bic ...

. Each mainland community has local road access — however, no roads currently connect one community to another, the entire municipality is isolated from the provincial highway network, and ferries or taxi boats must be used to travel between the communities or to the rest of the province. In recent years the municipality has lobbied for

Highway 138 Highway 138 may refer to: Canada * Ontario Highway 138 * Prince Edward Island Route 138 * Quebec Route 138 Costa Rica * National Route 138 India * National Highway 138 (India) Japan * Japan National Route 138 * Fukuoka Prefectural R ...

, which currently ends at Kégaska, to be extended through the area. The provincial government has announced a feasibility study, although no construction schedule has been announced to date.

Climate

Although located at the same latitude as Cornwall or Vancouver, the cold Labrador Current gives Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

( Köppen ''Dfc''), a little short of a humid continental climate (''Dfb''). Winters are cold and very snowy due to the influence of the

Icelandic Low The Icelandic Low is a semi-permanent centre of low atmospheric pressure found between Iceland and southern Greenland and extending in the Northern Hemisphere winter into the Barents Sea. In the summer, it weakens and splits into two centres, one ...

to the east, with mean snowfall averaging and extreme cover of on 10 March 1994. In summer, maritime includes is much more pronounced than in winter and cools average July temperatures by about compared to inland cities like Regina or Winnipeg.

Media

Two community radio stations,

CFTH-FM-1 CFTH-FM-1 is an English language community radio station that broadcasts on the frequency 97.7 MHz ( FM) in Harrington Harbour, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from ...

in Harrington Harbour and CJTB-FM in Tête-à-la-Baleine, operate in the municipality. CFTH also has

rebroadcaster A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...

s in Kegaska and Mutton Bay. The municipality is also served by rebroadcasters of Première Chaîne's

CBSI-FM CBSI-FM is a French language, French-language Canada, Canadian radio station located in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Sept-Îles, Quebec. Owned and operated by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 98.1 Hertz, MHz wit ...

in Harrington Harbour and Tête-à-la-Baleine, and by a rebroadcaster of CBC Radio One's CBVE-FM in Harrington Harbour. Télévision de Radio-Canada's

CJBR-TV CJBR-DT, virtual channel 2.1 (UHF digital channel 45), branded on-air as ICI Est du Québec, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corpor ...

has rebroadcasters in Harrington Harbour and Tête-à-la-Baleine, and

CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...

CBMT CBMT-DT (channel 6) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, broadcasting the English-language service of CBC Television. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation alongside Ici Radio-Canada Télé flagship CB ...

has a rebroadcaster in Harrington Harbour. The municipality does not receive any of Canada's commercial broadcast television networks, English or French, over the air.

Education

Commission scolaire du Littoral Commission or commissioning may refer to: Business and contracting * Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered ** Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another ...

operates:Schools and centers
."

. Retrieved on September 23, 2017. * Netagamiou School (anglophone and francophone) -

* Gabriel-Dionne School (francophone) - Tête-à-la-Baleine * Harrington School (anglophone) -

* Kegaska School (anglophone) - Kegaska * Marie-Sarah School for adults - La Romaine ** Its school program for children was suspended in 2014.Marie-Sarah's news - La Romaine
"

. Retrieved on September 23, 2017. It was formerly a francophone school.

References

External links

The Lower North ShoreTourism Lower North Shore

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