Petit-Mécatina, Quebec
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 | |
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Location within Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM. | |
Petit-Mécatina Location in Côte-Nord Region of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 51°30′N 60°00′W / 51.500°N 60.000°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Fed. riding | Manicouagan |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis |
| Area | |
| • 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 edit
The region has been completely uninhabited since at least 1991.[6]
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References edit
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149751". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Petit-Mécatina 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ Audrée Soucy (July 2010), (PDF), Modifications aux municipalités du Québec, Québec: Institut de la statistique du Québec, ISSN 1715-6408, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12, retrieved 2010-09-17
- ^ "Rivière du Petit Mécatina" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.