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
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 Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMMontmagny
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1860
Government
 • MayorFrédéric Poulin
 • Federal ridingMontmagny—L'Islet—
Kamouraska—Rivière-
du-Loup
 • Prov. ridingCôte-du-Sud
Area
 • Total24.10 km2 (9.31 sq mi)
 • Land24.82 km2 (9.58 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total146
 • Density5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 10.4%
 • Dwellings
115
Time zoneEST
 • Summer (DST)EDT
Postal code(s)
G0R 1P0
Area code(s)418 and 581
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitewww.isle-aux-grues.com

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]

See also

References
  1. Reference number 55640 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 18070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2418070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. 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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