Tête-à-la-Baleine

Tête-à-la-Baleine
Unconstituted locality
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Coordinates: 50°42′10″N 59°19′23″W / 50.70278°N 59.32306°W / 50.70278; -59.32306Coordinates: 50°42′10″N 59°19′23″W / 50.70278°N 59.32306°W / 50.70278; -59.32306[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Municipality	Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Government
• Federal riding	Manicouagan
• Prov. riding	Duplessis
Area [2]
• Land	9.19 km2 (3.55 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	129
• Density	14.0/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Change (2006–11)	34.8%
• Dwellings	54
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
Postal code(s)	G0G 2W0
Area code(s)	418 and 581

Tête-à-la-Baleine is an unconstituted locality (as defined by Statistics Canada in the 2011 Canadian Census) within the municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the 2011 census was 129.

Tête-à-la-Baleine, occasionally known as Whale Head in English, was settled in the 19th century after Michael Kenty bought the local trading post from the Labrador Company. Initial settlement mostly took place on the nearby islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, although eventually most residents moved to the community's current site on the mainland in order to be closer to sources of wood and food in the winter. However, some residents still move back and forth, residing on the islands in summer and in the mainland community in winter.^[3]

The community is named after a nearby island in the Gros Mécatina Archipelago that resembles a whale head.^[1]

There is a 17 km (11 mi) section of Quebec Highway 138 connecting through the community between the Tête-à-la-Baleine Airport and ferry terminal.

Education[]

Quay at Tête-à-la-Baleine

Commission scolaire du Littoral operates the Gabriel-Dionne School (Francophone).^[4]

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