Gros-Mécatina
Gros-Mécatina | |
|---|---|
Harbour in La Tabatière | |
| Motto: Forward Together | |
Location within Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM | |
| Coordinates: 50°50′N 58°58′W / 50.833°N 58.967°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent |
| Constituted | January 1, 1994 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gena Chubbs |
| • Federal riding | Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,407.00 km2 (543.25 sq mi) |
| • Land | 742.15 km2 (286.55 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 356 |
| • Density | 0.5/km2 (1/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 21.1% |
| • Dwellings | 243 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| GNBC Code | EPSNX |
| NTS Map | 012J15 |
| Website | www |
Gros-Mécatina (French pronunciation: [ɡʁo mekatina]) is a municipality on the Lower North Shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, near the border with Labrador in Quebec, Canada. Located near crab, lobster, and scallop fishing grounds, it is dependent on the fishing business, including a fish processing factory that contributes to regional economic activity.
The isolated municipality can only be reached via a regular weekly ferry service, or La Tabatière Airport. The villages of La Tabatière and Mutton Bay are connected via a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) asphalted road that has views of the gulf from the mountains, but in the winter the road is not plowed, and the only access is via snowmobile.
The name, pronounced (me-kuh-TEE-nuh) is from the Innu word makatinau, or "It is a large mountain."