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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
Coordinates: 50°29′N 59°37′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
Effective	July 7, 2010
County seat	Côte-Nord-du- Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Bryce Douglas Fequet
Area [2][3][4]
• Total	65,148.50 km2 (25,153.98 sq mi)
• Land	43,340.96 km2 (16,734.04 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3][4]
• Total	5,126
• Density	0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	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]

River	Basin size		Mouth coordinates	Map link
	km2	sq. mile
Kegaska	721	278	50.1791667°N 61.3530556°W / 50.1791667; -61.3530556	EKVRF
Musquaro	3,638	1,405	50.2080556°N 61.0613889°W / 50.2080556; -61.0613889	EHJBL
Musquanousse	338	131	50.2111111°N 60.9627778°W / 50.2111111; -60.9627778	EHJBE
Washicoutai	1,558	602	50.2505556°N 60.8144444°W / 50.2505556; -60.8144444	EIMJY
Olomane	5,426	2,095	50.2333333°N 60.6388889°W / 50.2333333; -60.6388889	EHLXL
Coacoachou	408	158	50.2775°N 60.2944444°W / 50.2775; -60.2944444	EFYLS
Étamamiou	3,014	1,164	50.2808333°N 59.9788889°W / 50.2808333; -59.9788889	EGHQJ
Nétagamiou	229	88	50.4694444°N 59.6072222°W / 50.4694444; -59.6072222	EHJYJ
Little Mécatina	19,590	7,560	50.6566667°N 59.4294444°W / 50.6566667; -59.4294444	EHPVV
Gros Mécatina	1,054	407	50.7683333°N 59.0944444°W / 50.7683333; -59.0944444	EGOUH
Véco	1,029	397	50.9980556°N 58.9813889°W / 50.9980556; -58.9813889	EIKOR
Kécarpoui	696	269	51.0619444°N 58.8338889°W / 51.0619444; -58.8338889	EGVDL
Saint-Augustin	9,892	3,819	51.2177778°N 58.6355556°W / 51.2177778; -58.6355556	EHYVQ
Coxipi	1,672	646	51.3044444°N 58.4808333°W / 51.3044444; -58.4808333	EGAGW
Chécatica	193	75	51.3869444°N 58.2797222°W / 51.3869444; -58.2797222	EFWRJ
Napetipi	1,262	487	51.3386111°N 58.1311111°W / 51.3386111; -58.1311111	EHJJP
Saint-Paul	7,158	2,764	51.4694444°N 57.7013889°W / 51.4694444; -57.7013889	EIASD
Belles Amours	304	117	51.4819444°N 57.4563889°W / 51.4819444; -57.4563889	EFMPJ
Brador	206	80	51.505°N 57.2472222°W / 51.505; -57.2472222	EFQKI

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

На других языках

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[de] Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent

Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent ist eine regionale Grafschaftsgemeinde (französisch municipalité régionale du comté, MRC) in der kanadischen Provinz Québec.

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- [en] Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality

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