Natashquan
Nutahkuant or Nutashkuan (contemporary Innu language) | |
|---|---|
Municipality[1] | |
![Little Natashquan River,[2] built heritage near Notre-Dame de Natashquan Mission](view_image.php?q=Natashquan&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Natashquan_013.jpg) Little Natashquan River,[2] built heritage near Notre-Dame de Natashquan Mission | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Minganie |
| Settled | 1855 |
| Constituted | September 16, 1907 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Henri Wapistan |
| • Federal riding | Manicouagan |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 695.43 km2 (268.51 sq mi) |
| • Land | 667.91 km2 (257.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10.7 m (35.1 ft) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 262 |
| • Density | 0.4/km2 (1/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 |  0.4% |
| • Dwellings | 156 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Within the AST legislated time zone boundary but observes EST[5]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-138 |
| Website | www |
Natashquan, Nutahkuant or Nutashkuan in contemporary Innu language, is a municipality located on the north shore of Jacques Cartier Strait,[6] in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.
Natashquan stretches along the coast, on both sides of the Little Natashquan River,[2] about 120 km east of Havre-Saint-Pierre, near Aguanish and the Natashkuan Indian reserve.[1]
- ^ a b c "Natashquan, municipality toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
... a trading post already existed there in 1710 at the mouth of the Natashquan River, near the current Indian reserve.
- ^ a b Catherine Simard-Côté; Nancy Caron; N’Binkena Nantob-Bikatui; Marie-Claude Roy; Marina Boudreau; Toufik Naili; Zaccharia Kacem (10 April 2024). "Petite rivière Natashquan, 410 km" (PDF) (in French). Regional plan for wetlands and water bodies of the RCM of Minganie (PRMHH). pp. 169 of 316. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
The mouth of the Petite rivière Natashquan is crossed by route 138 and is located in the heart of the village of Natashquan.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités - Natashquan". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Natashquan, Municipalité (MÉ) Quebec Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ National Research Council Canada – Time Zones & Daylight Saving Time Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Explorers Jacques Cartier 1534-1542". Canadian Museum of History. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
Jacques Cartier was a sufficiently experienced navigator to be asked by Francis I to undertake the official exploration of North America. There is no doubt that he was already familiar with the sea route that he took in 1534