Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues

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Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Parish municipality
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°04′N 70°33′W / 47.067°N 70.550°W / 47.067; -70.550Coordinates: 47°04′N 70°33′W / 47.067°N 70.550°W / 47.067; -70.550[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMMontmagny
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1860
Government
[2]
 • MayorFrédéric Poulin
 • Federal ridingMontmagny—L'Islet—
Kamouraska—Rivière-
du-Loup
 • Prov. ridingCôte-du-Sud
Area
[2][3]
 • 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
Decrease 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

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.

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. ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 18070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2418070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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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