Pointe-aux-Outardes is a

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, Canada, on the southern point of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and

Manicouagan River The Manicouagan or Manicuagan River, often clipped to Manic, is a river in Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The river originates in the Manicouagan Reservoir and flows approximately south, emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Baie-Com ...

s. The place is named after a piece of land that juts out into the

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and partially encloses the Outardes Bay: ''Pointe aux Outardes''. It literally means "Point of

Bustard Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and on the steppes of the Old World. They range in length from . They make up the family Otididae (, formerly known as Otidae). Bustards ...

s", but ''Outarde'' can also be translated as "

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". In fact, Canada geese and

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use the nearby Manicouagan River as a corridor in their annual migration and stopover at the point. The

Innu The Innu / Ilnu ("man", "person") or Innut / Innuat / Ilnuatsh ("people"), formerly called Montagnais from the French colonial period ( French for "mountain people", English pronunciation: ), are the Indigenous inhabitants of territory in the ...

called it ''Piletipistu Neshkâu'', meaning "point of the Partridge River". But the term ''Outardes'' was used on Guérard's map of 1631 and on Franquelin's map of 1685 to identify the river that flows past the point into the St. Lawrence. Pointe-aux-Outardes is exceptionally rich in flora and fauna. Among its salt marshes, more than 175 species of birds have been counted.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Pointe-aux-Outardes 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. Population trend:Statistics Canada:

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census * Population in 2011: 1330 (2006 to 2011 population change: -7.8%) * Population in 2006: 1443 * Population in 2001: 1413 * Population in 1996: 1339 * Population in 1991: 1109 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 97.6% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 2.4%

Photo gallery

File:Plage pointe-aux-outardes.jpg, Sunset on Pointe-Aux-Outardes beach File:Abri Parc nature.jpg, Shelter in Parc nature File:Parc nature Pointe-aux-Outardes.jpg, Parc nature in winter

References

{{authority control Incorporated places in Côte-Nord Villages in Quebec Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia