Kataskomiq is an
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ...
listed by the
Canadian Geographical Names Database.
The reserve belongs to the
Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk (Viger) First Nation
The Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation, formerly known as Maliseet Viger 1 First Nation, is an Algonquian People of the Wəlastəkwewiyik (Maliseet) Nation in Quebec, Canada. As of May, 2024 they were reported as having a registered population ...
,
Maliseet
The Wolastoqiyik, (, also known as the Maliseet or Malecite () are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the Indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their terri ...
people. It is not listed by
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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or the last two Canadian census.
[ It is located in the ]Bas-Saint-Laurent
The Bas-Saint-Laurent (, 'Lower Saint-Lawrence) is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlan ...
region of Quebec
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, geographically located within the territory of Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality
Rivière-du-Loup () is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.
Major industries include pulp and paper, ot ...
but is not legally part of it. Its population was 0 in the 2006 Canadian census
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and does not appear in either the 2011
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or 2016 Canadian Census
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. Before 2021 it was known as Whitworth.
See also
List of Indian reserves in Quebec
The following is a list of Native reserves in Quebec, Canada. It includes only the reserves that are officially designated as Indian reserve and fall under the jurisdiction of the Canadian government's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Th ...
References
External links
Native nations communities of Québec
(Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones du Québec)
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Indian reserves in Quebec
Wolastoqiyik
Bas-Saint-Laurent