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Rivière Franquelin Branche Ouest
The Rivière Franquelin Branche Ouest (, ''Franquelin River West Branch'') is a tributary of the Franquelin River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Rivière-aux-Outardes and in the municipality of Franquelin, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, itself in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This valley is served by a forest road which goes up the valley. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Franquelin Branche Ouest river is usually frozen from the beginning of November to the end of April, except the rapids; traffic on the ice is generally safe from late November to early April. Geography The Franquelin Branche Ouest river draws its source from a small lake (length: ; altitude: ) located in the unorganized territory of Rivière-aux-Outardes. This mouth is located at: * north-west of the village center of Franquelin; * west of the mouth of the Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord (Region 09) (, ; ) is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region of Quebec, on the Quebec-Labrador peninsula, Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, Canada. The region runs along the St. Lawrence River and then the Gulf of St. Lawrence, from Tadoussac to the limits of Labrador, leaning against the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean to the west, the Côte-Nord penetrates deep into Nord-du-Québec, Northern Quebec. With the motto: ''Between nature and grandeur'', the Côte-Nord is made up of 99% public land, it is the second largest region after Nord-du-Québec, which occupies 51% of Quebec's territory. History The origins of the settlement of the Côte-Nord precede by a few millennia the population movements that began in the middle of the 19th century. Archaeology, Archaeologists tell us that the main prehistoric cultures, called "Archaic humans, archaic", were based on three sets of groups coming from the southwest, from as far away as the Great Lakes by the St. Lawrence Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , 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 regional municipality. Regional county municipalities are a supralocal type of regional municipality, and act as the local municipality in Unorganized area#Quebec, unorganized territories within their borders. The system of regional county municipalities was introduced beginning in 1979 to replace the List of former counties of Quebec, historic counties of Quebec. In most cases, the territory of an RCM corresponds to that of a Census geographic units of Canada, census division; however, there are a few exceptions. Some local municipalities are outside any regional county municipality (''hors MRC''). This includes some municipalities within Urban agglomerations in Quebec, urban agglomerations and also some aboriginal lands, such as Indian reserves that are enclaves within the territory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manicouagan Regional County Municipality
Manicouagan () is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River with its seat in Baie-Comeau. It was created in 1981, and named after the Manicouagan River. Subdivisions There are 9 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Baie-Comeau ;Municipalities (1) * Franquelin ;Parishes (1) * Ragueneau ;Villages (5) * Baie-Trinité * Chute-aux-Outardes * Godbout * Pointe-aux-Outardes * Pointe-Lebel ;Unorganized Territory (1) * Rivière-aux-Outardes ;Native Reserves (1)(not associated with RCM) * Pessamit Demographics Population Language 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 ** * External Routes ** None See also * List of regional county municipalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière-aux-Outardes, Quebec
Rivière-aux-Outardes () is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It makes up almost 95% of the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality. The eponymous Outardes River is nearly long, and flows through the territory in a north–south direction before draining into Outardes Bay at Ragueneau. The other major river in the territory is the Manicouagan River that flows parallel and east of the Outardes River. Both these rivers are developed with large-scale hydroelectric installations, part of the Manic-Outardes Project. The Manicouagan Reservoir Manicouagan Reservoir (also Lake Manicouagan ; ) is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada, covering an area of . The lake island in its centre is known as René-Levasseur Island, and its highest point is Mount Babel. The structure was c ..., a circular lake that covers the Manicouagan impact structure, is almost entirely located within the territory. Quebec Route 389, running for a large par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franquelin River
The Franquelin River (, ) is located in the unorganized territory of Rivière-aux-Outardes and the municipality of Franquelin, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The Franqueline river valley is served by the route 138 which passes at its mouth. The rest of the valley is served by various forest roads for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities. The surface of the Franquelin River is usually frozen from the beginning of November to the end of April, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late November to early April. Geography The basin of the Franquelin river is located between that of the Godbout River (to the East) and that of the Mistassini River (to the West). Lake Franquelin is the main head lake of the Franquelin River. Going south, the river crosses the township of Franquelin and the municipality of Franquelin, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franquelin, Quebec
Franquelin () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord in RCM Manicouagan. Its population is 285 people over 430 square kilometres. Franquelin was founded at the foot of Massifs rocks of the Laurentians where impressive cliffs plunge to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. History The geographic township of Franquelin was created in 1911, and named in honour of Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin, the first official cartographer of New France. He drew the map of the St. Lawrence River in 1685. Franquelin came into existence in 1911 thanks to the forest industry. The lumber would be transported to the rivers by horses. From there, it was shipped to paper mills in Thorold, Ontario, and then to Baie-Comeau starting in 1937. The Ontario Paper Company, owned by Colonel Robert R. McCormick, which later became the Quebec North Shore Paper Co., needed paper to supply the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News, which were also owned by McCormick. The vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of St
A gulf is a large inlet from an ocean or their seas into a landmass, larger and typically (though not always) with a narrower opening than a bay (geography), bay. The term was used traditionally for large, highly indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline. Many gulfs are major shipping areas, such as the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Finland, and Gulf of Aden. See also * References External links * {{Geography-stub Gulfs, Bodies of water Coastal and oceanic landforms Coastal geography Oceanographical terminology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lessard River (rivière Franquelin Branche Ouest)
The Lessard River is a tributary of the rivière Franquelin Branche Ouest, flowing in the unorganized territory of Rivière-aux-Outardes, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism activities, second. The surface of the Lessard River is usually frozen from the beginning of November to the end of April, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late November to early April. Geography The Lessard River draws its source from a small lake (length: ; altitude: ) located in the unorganized territory of Rivière-aux-Outardes. This mouth is located at: * north-west of the village center of Franquelin; * south-west of the mouth of the Franquelin river West branch. From its source, the Lessard River flows over with a drop of , especially in forest areas, according to the following seg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces And Territories Of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully Independence, independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the List of countries and dependencies by area, world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Acts, British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territories are federal territories whose governments a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godbout
Godbout () is a village municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the mouth of the Godbout River on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Godbout is accessible via Quebec Route 138 and by ferry from Matane. Geography A map of the Ecological regions of Quebec places the Gobout area in ecological region 5g "Hautes collines de Baie-Comeau—Sept-Îles", in the eastern fir/white birch domain of the boreal zone. The Godbout River is known as one of the best of Quebec's salmon rivers and also holds speckled trout. About of the river is managed by a zone d'exploitation contrôlée (managed use zone), the Zec des Rivières-Godbout-et-Mistassini. The downstream Cap-Nord section is owned by a private club, but the right to fish it may be obtained through an agreement with the ZEC. The Petite-Rivière-Godbout Old Forest is about northwest of the village of Godbou. History The native Innu hunted and fished near the mouth of the river that they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baie-Comeau
Baie-Comeau () is a city in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, and is the seat of Manicouagan Regional County Municipality. It is near the mouth of the Manicouagan River, named after the adjacent Comeau Bay. It has a population of 20,687 in the 2021 Canadian census, and the census agglomeration population is 26,643. Baie-Comeau is the birthplace of Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada. Toponymy Although the city is officially named in honour of Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau, the origin of the name actually comes from his father Antoine-Alexandre Comeau, who was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company and had a camp there. Travelers would spontaneously think of “the bay of the Comeau camp”, perpetuated by word of mouth until the employees of the Geography Commission wrote ''Anse à Comeau'' (Comeau Cove) on plans. When Baie-Comeau was founded however, the authorities were unaware of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
