Quebec
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, Canada, in the
Montmagny Regional County Municipality
Montmagny () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Montmagny is the seat. Its neighbouring RCMs are Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, and L'Islet.
This area was named after Charles de Montmag ...
in the administrative region of
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...
. It is known for
birdwatching
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, goose-hunting, and cheeses.
History
In 1831, the local parish was formed, called Saint-Antoine in honour of
Anthony of Padua
Anthony of Padua, Order of Friars Minor, OFM, (; ; ) or Anthony of Lisbon (; ; ; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor.
...
. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues was created, taking its name from the parish and the archipelago.
2010 plane crash
On May 19, 2010, at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a
Cessna 172
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.
Geography
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues includes of the majority of islands in the . Its major islands are:
* ÃŽle aux Grues, largest island and the only one permanently inhabited
* ÃŽle aux Oies, formerly also known by its English name ÃŽle Goose
* Grosse ÃŽle, long a quarantine site for immigrants and now a national historic site
* ÃŽle Sainte-Marguerite
* ÃŽle au Canot
* ÃŽle Longue
* Île à Deux Têtes
* ÃŽle du Cheval
* ÃŽle la Sottise
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues 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.
airstrip
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, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A
ferry
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operates during the summer months.
Education
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in
Montmagny, Quebec
Montmagny () is a city in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is the county seat and had a population, as of the 2021 Canadian census, of 10,999.
The city is on the south shore ...
, travelling by plane each day.
See also
*
List of parish municipalities in Quebec
This is a list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipal type of parish municipality (''paroisse'', code=P), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy.
The ''Commission de topony ...