Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality

Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent 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.

Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Regional county municipality
Location of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Coordinates: 50°29′N 59°37′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
EffectiveJuly 7, 2010
County seatCôte-Nord-du-
Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Government
[2]
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectBryce Douglas Fequet
Area
[2][3][4]
 • Total65,148.50 km2 (25,153.98 sq mi)
 • Land43,340.96 km2 (16,734.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3][4]
 • Total5,126
 • Density0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 6.9%
 • Dwellings
2,165
Area code(s)418 and 581

It has an area of 65,148.50 square kilometres (25,153.98 sq mi) according to Quebec's Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire (which includes coastal, lake, and river water territory and also disputed land within Labrador), or a land area of 43,340.96 square kilometres (16,734.04 sq mi) according to Statistics Canada. The population from the Canada 2011 Census was 5126.[4]

Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent and the neighbouring Minganie Regional County Municipality are grouped into the single census division of Minganie–Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (known as Minganie–Basse-Côte-Nord before 2010). The combined population at the Canada 2011 Census was 11,708.[3]

Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality was created in July 2010, replacing Basse-Côte-Nord, which was a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality. It is territorially much larger than Basse-Côte-Nord was, because at the time of its creation it received the (uninhabited) Petit-Mécatina unorganized territory in a transfer from Minganie Regional County Municipality.[5]

Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality is characterized by the absence of road connections between the villages that are spread out along its 375 kilometres (233 mi) shoreline of the gulf. Except for Blanc-Sablon, all communities are only accessible by boat or plane, although Quebec Route 138 is being planned to extend all along the coast. Since the early 1990s, the region's commercial fishing industry has seen a steep decline, but a tourism industry is being developed to promote hunting and fishing outfitters, among other activities.[1]

Subdivisions

There are 6 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:[2]

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[6]

River basins

There are a number of large rivers that flow in a generally north-south direction through Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent to enter the Gulf. Near the coast the river basins tend to narrow in towards the river mouth, and between their mouths are areas that drain into the Gulf through smaller streams. From west to east, the larger river basins, which may cover parts of Labrador or Minganie, are:[7]

RiverBasin sizeMouth coordinatesMap link
km2sq. mile
Kegaska721 27850.1791667°N 61.3530556°W / 50.1791667; -61.3530556EKVRF
Musquaro3,638 1,40550.2080556°N 61.0613889°W / 50.2080556; -61.0613889EHJBL
Musquanousse338 13150.2111111°N 60.9627778°W / 50.2111111; -60.9627778EHJBE
Washicoutai1,558 60250.2505556°N 60.8144444°W / 50.2505556; -60.8144444EIMJY
Olomane5,426 2,09550.2333333°N 60.6388889°W / 50.2333333; -60.6388889EHLXL
Coacoachou408 15850.2775°N 60.2944444°W / 50.2775; -60.2944444EFYLS
Étamamiou3,014 1,16450.2808333°N 59.9788889°W / 50.2808333; -59.9788889EGHQJ
Nétagamiou229 8850.4694444°N 59.6072222°W / 50.4694444; -59.6072222EHJYJ
Little Mécatina19,590 7,56050.6566667°N 59.4294444°W / 50.6566667; -59.4294444EHPVV
Gros Mécatina1,054 40750.7683333°N 59.0944444°W / 50.7683333; -59.0944444EGOUH
Véco1,029 39750.9980556°N 58.9813889°W / 50.9980556; -58.9813889EIKOR
Kécarpoui696 26951.0619444°N 58.8338889°W / 51.0619444; -58.8338889EGVDL
Saint-Augustin9,892 3,81951.2177778°N 58.6355556°W / 51.2177778; -58.6355556EHYVQ
Coxipi1,672 64651.3044444°N 58.4808333°W / 51.3044444; -58.4808333EGAGW
Chécatica193 7551.3869444°N 58.2797222°W / 51.3869444; -58.2797222EFWRJ
Napetipi1,262 48751.3386111°N 58.1311111°W / 51.3386111; -58.1311111EHJJP
Saint-Paul7,158 2,76451.4694444°N 57.7013889°W / 51.4694444; -57.7013889EIASD
Belles Amours304 11751.4819444°N 57.4563889°W / 51.4819444; -57.4563889EFMPJ
Brador206 8051.505°N 57.2472222°W / 51.505; -57.2472222EFQKI

See also

References
  1. "Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  2. "Geographic code 982 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality (Code 2498) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. Derived indirectly from Minganie—Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent census division Hierarchy data, by summing up data for Blanc-Sablon, Bonne-Espérance, Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Gros-Mécatina, La Romaine, Pakuashipi, Petit-Mécatina and Saint-Augustin census subdivisions.
  5. Audrée Soucy (July 2010), "Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC)" (PDF), Modifications aux municipalités du Québec, Québec: Institut de la statistique du Québec, ISSN 1715-6408, archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2011, retrieved 2010-09-17
  6. Official Transport Quebec Road Map
  7. Portrait préliminaire de la zone de gestion intégrée de l'eau par bassin versant Duplessis (PDF) (in French), OBV Duplessis, April 2015, p. 20, retrieved 2019-09-29



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