Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is a

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in the

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region of far-eastern

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. It includes all communities along the

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between the

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and the

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border. It has an area of according to Quebec's ''

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'' (which includes coastal, lake, and river water territory and also disputed land within Labrador), or a land area of according to

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. The population from the Canada 2011 Census was 5126. Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent and the neighbouring

Minganie Regional County Municipality Minganie is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It includes Anticosti Island. Its seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre. It has an area of according to Quebec's ''Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et ...

are grouped into the single

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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. Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality was created in July 2010, replacing

Basse-Côte-Nord Basse-Côte-Nord Territory (French: ''Territoire de la Basse-Côte-Nord'', meaning "lower north shore") was a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) in eastern Quebec, Canada. The territory, whose geographical code was 982, wa ...

, which was a

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. It is territorially much larger than Basse-Côte-Nord was, because at the time of its creation it received the (uninhabited) Petit-Mécatina

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in a transfer from Minganie Regional County Municipality. Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality is characterized by the absence of road connections between the villages that are spread out along its shoreline of the gulf. Except for Blanc-Sablon, all communities are only accessible by boat or plane, although

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is being planned to extend all along the coast. Since the early 1990s, the region's commercial fishing industry has seen a steep decline, but a tourism industry is being developed to promote hunting and fishing outfitters, among other activities.

Subdivisions

There are 6 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM: ;Municipalities *

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 ...

: * Bonne-Espérance : *

Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is a municipality in the regional county municipality 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 alon ...

: * Gros-Mécatina : * Saint-Augustin : ;Unorganized territories * Petit-Mécatina ;Native Reserves
* La Romaine

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: * Autoroutes ** None * Principal Highways ** * Secondary Highways ** None * External Routes **

River basins

There are a number of large rivers that flow in a generally north-south direction through Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent 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 , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

or Minganie, are:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Golfe-Du-Saint-Laurent Regional county municipalities in Côte-Nord States and territories established in 2010 2010 establishments in Quebec

Subdivisions

Transportation

Access Routes

River basins

See also

References