Shelter Bay (french: Baie de l'abri) was named by Col.
Robert R. McCormick
Robert Rutherford "Colonel" McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American lawyer, businessman and anti-war activist.
A member of the McCormick family of Chicago, McCormick became a lawyer, Republican Chicago alderman, distinguished ...
in 1919 as the name of the Quebec North Shore Paper Company's port, since the name previously used for that location was Rivière-aux-Rochers (Rocky River), and vessels would be reluctant to call. It is located on the north shore of the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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in
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 ...
in Quebec's
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. The area, the people, and the founding of the paper-making enterprise are described in the book ''Shelter Bay'' by Harvey Hassall Smith, a close friend and former classmate of
Arthur A. Schmon.
References
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OCLC
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1033628 (Worldcat link: http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/1033628&referer=brief_results)
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OCLC
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2163476 (Worldcat link
* Smith, Harvey H. (1964). ''Shelter Bay: Tales of the Quebec North Shore.'' Toronto: McClelland & Stewart.
OCLC
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2169556 (Worldcat link: https://www.worldcat.org/title/shelter-bay-tales-of-the-quebec-north-shore/oclc/2169556&referer=brief_results )
Bays of Quebec
Landforms of Côte-Nord
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