Petit-Mécatina is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, part of Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. It was formerly part of the Minganie Regional County Municipality, but transferred to the current MRC in July 2010.[4]

Petit-Mécatina
Unorganized territory
Location within Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM.
Petit-Mécatina Location in Côte-Nord Region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 51°30′N 60°00′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Fed. riding	Manicouagan
• Prov. riding	Duplessis
Area [2][3]
• Total	57,056.10 km2 (22,029.48 sq mi)
• Land	37,537.71 km2 (14,493.39 sq mi)
	Total area includes disputed land within Labrador
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	N/A
• Dwellings	0
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Highways	No major routes

It is named after the Petit Mécatina River that bisects the territory from north to south and empties in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence just west of Petit Mécatina Island. The 545 kilometres (339 mi) river forms east of Lake Aticonac just south of the boundary between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence watersheds, that is also the disputed boundary between Quebec and Labrador. Mécatina comes from the Innu word makatinau and means "large mountain".[5]

As part of the Labrador boundary dispute, the official borders of Petit-Mécatina as claimed by Quebec include part of the territory of Labrador.

Demographics

The region has been completely uninhabited since at least 1991.[6]

Population

See also

• List of unorganized territories in Quebec

References