Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County MunicipalityLe Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation: [lə ɡɔlf dy sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃]) is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of far-eastern Quebec, Canada. It includes all communities along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence between the Natashquan River and the Newfoundland and Labrador border.
Havre-Saint-PierreHavre-Saint-Pierre (French pronunciation:) is a municipality located on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada. HistoryIn 1857, a group of Acadian families arrived, in 1872, the Parish of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Pointe-aux-Esquimaux was officially established, the same year its post office opened under the name Esquimaux Point. In 1873, the place was incorporated as a municipality.
Quebec Route 138Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the St. Lawrence River past Montreal to the temporary eastern terminus in Kegashka on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with New York State south-west of Montreal (connecting with New York State Route 30 at the Trout River Border Crossing).
Regional county municipalityThe term regional county municipality or RCM (French: municipalité régionale de comté, pronounced [mynisipalite ʁeʒjɔnal də kɔ̃te], 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 territories within their borders.
St. Lawrence RiverRiver in eastern Canada and the United States St. Regis RiverRaisin River Lake Saint FrancisBeauharnois CanalGrande-ÎleSaint Charles RiverÎle-de-SalaberryCoteau Railway BridgeMonseigneur Langlois BridgeLarocque BridgeÎle aux VachesBarrage JuilletSaint-Louis-de-Gonzague BridgeBarrage Saint-TimothyBaie BayardCentrale des CèdresSerge-Marcil BridgeBarrage de la Pointe-du-BuissonBarrage de Pointe-des-CascadesMadeleine-Parent BridgePied-du-Canal BridgeBeauharnois Lock (upper) Beauharnois Generating StationBoulevard Edgar Hébert BridgeBeauharnois Lock (lower) Ottawa RiverLake Saint-LouisChâteauguay RiverSt.
Côte-NordCôte-Nord (Region 09) (French:, Quebec French:; lit.'North Coast') is an administrative region of Quebec, on the 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 Northern Quebec.
LabradorLabrador () is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province's area but is home to only 6% of its population. It is separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle. It is the largest and northernmost geographical region in the four Atlantic provinces.
Honguedo StraitThe Honguedo Strait (French: Détroit d'Honguedo), the toponym designates the wide passage of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between the Gaspésie peninsula and Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. ToponymyThe name Honguedo first appeared in the reports of Jacques Cartier of 1535–1536. In the 16th century, it was known as the Saint-Pierre Strait, especially on maps by Gerardus Mercator (1569) and Cornelius Wytfliet (1597).
Anticosti IslandAnticosti Island (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃tikɔsti]) is a large but sparsely populated island belonging to the Canadian province of Quebec. It lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and is separated from mainland Quebec by the Jacques Cartier and Honguedo straits. Administratively, it forms a municipality of the Côte-Nord region. The area of the island is 7,953.55 km2 (3,070.88 sq mi).
Gulf of St. LawrenceThe Gulf of St. Lawrence connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River. The gulf fringes the shores of the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, in Canada, plus the islands Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, possessions of France, in North America.
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QuebecQuebec (French: Québec) is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, it is the only Francophone-majority province in the country, being home to Québécois French. It 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.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.