Rivière-Nipissis is an
unorganized territory in the
Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadous ...
region of Quebec, Canada, part of the
Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality
Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.
The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipa ...
.
The eponymous
Nipissis River
The Nipissis River (French: Rivière Nipissis) is a river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Moisie River. It is a recognized salmon river. The river is known for its steep cliffs, which provide a challenging ice-climbin ...
is a left tributary of the
Moisie River
The Moisie River is a river in eastern Quebec. Known as the Nahanni of the East, it is a wild river of North America.
It has been proposed to protect the river with the Moisie River Aquatic Reserve.
Course
The Moisie River basin lies betwee ...
, with its source north of Lake Siamois. Nipissis, first identified as such in 1892 by surveyor Vincent, comes from the
Innu language
Innu-aimun or Montagnais is an Algonquian language spoken by over 10,000 Innu in Labrador and Quebec in Eastern Canada. It is a member of the Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi dialect continuum and is spoken in various dialects depending on the comm ...
meaning "small body of water" or "small stream". In previous centuries, the river was also known as Little Saguenay and Moisie River East Branch.
Demographics
As with neighboring communities
Lac-Jerome and
Petit-Mecatina, Rivière-Nipissis has been completely uninhabited since at least 1991.
[Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census]
See also
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List of unorganized territories in Quebec
The following is a list of unincorporated areas (''territoires non organisés'') in Quebec.
There are no unorganized territories in the following administrative regions: Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Estrie, Laval, Montérégie, Mont ...
References
Unorganized territories in Côte-Nord
Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality
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