Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is a parish municipality in Quebec, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for bird-watching, goose-hunting and cheeses.
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues | |
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Parish municipality | |
Location within La Matapédia RCM. | |
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues Location in province of Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 47°04′N 70°33′W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Montmagny |
Constituted | January 1, 1860 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Frédéric Poulin |
• Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska—Rivière- du-Loup |
• Prov. riding | Côte-du-Sud |
Area | |
• Total | 24.10 km2 (9.31 sq mi) |
• Land | 24.82 km2 (9.58 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 146 |
• Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | |
• Dwellings | 115 |
Time zone | EST |
• Summer (DST) | EDT |
Postal code(s) | G0R 1P0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website | www |
Transportation
L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.[4]
Education
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.[4]
2010 plane crash
On May 19, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.[4]
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References
- Reference number 55640 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 18070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2418070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- White, Marianne (May 19, 2010). "Small plane crashes into Quebec island, 3 dead". The Gazette. Montreal. Canwest News Service. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
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