L'Île-d'Anticosti | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Côte-Nord Region Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec |
Coordinates: | 49.5°N -63°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Côte-Nord |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Minganie |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 1, 1984 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Hélène Boulanger |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Manicouagan |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Duplessis |
Area Total Km2: | 9291.18 |
Area Land Km2: | 7715.99 |
Population Total: | 177 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
Population Blank1: | 18.8% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 134 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0G 2Y0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | No major routes |
L'Île-d'Anticosti is a municipality located on the Anticosti island, in Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Minganie Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
Within the municipality, the main populated area is Port-Menier.
Officially the municipality was formed first in 1902 when Anticosti Island was separated from the County of Saguenay. But since the entire island was privately owned, there was no elected council to preside over the islanders, who were either servants of the landlord or employees of logging companies. Even after the island was owned again by the provincial government in 1974, it took another decade to put a working municipal organization in place. On January 31, 1984, the first council was finally sworn in.[2]
On September 19, 2023, Anticosti was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. It is recognized for its exceptional fossil assemblage representing the first global mass extinction of animal life on Earth.[3]
Located within protected areas free from any industrial activity, the site is endowed with exceptionally well-preserved, abundant and diverse fossil fauna, this Anticosti fauna represents the first mass extinction of animal life on a global scale, 447 – 437 million years ago, at the end of the Ordovician period.[4]
The Vauréal River has its source in Lake Vauréal, it flows 25 km south-northeast, in the eastern part of the island. The salmon goes up the river to the Vauréal Falls, 13 km from the coast, crossing the Vauréal canyon where the river is enclosed between two limestone walls.[5]
See main article: Port-Menier, Quebec. The village of Port-Menier is the hub of the island. Its population doubles in the summer with seasonal workers and tourists. The economic mainstays are outdoor tourism and forestry/logging. Services available in Port-Menier are: general and grocery stores, gas station, banking, restaurant, and lodging.
Canada Census Mother Tongue - L'Île-d'Anticosti, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
170 | 19.0% | 94.4% | 5 | 0.0% | 2.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
210 | 10.6% | 97.7% | 5 | 0.0% | 2.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
235 | 16.1% | 97.9% | 5 | n/a% | 2.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
280 | 7.1% | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||
260 | 1.9% | 92.9% | 10 | n/a% | 3.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 | n/a% | 3.6% | ||||||||
265 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% |
List of former mayors:[6]
Anticosti Island is bisected by the 63rd meridian west, and as a result, the eastern part of the municipality is officially within the AST legislated time zone boundary. However, in practice, all of L'Île-d'Anticosti observes the Eastern Time Zone (EST and EDT).[7]
Commission scolaire du Littoral operates St-Joseph School (francophone) in Port-Menier.[8]