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Havre-Saint-Pierre harbour
Harbour at Havre-Saint-Pierre on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada.
Havre-Saint-Pierre
Quebec, Canada
Also known as: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Pointe-aux-Esquimaux
Havre-Saint-Pierre, village, Côte-Nord (North Shore) region, eastern Quebec province, Canada. It lies along the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, north of Anticosti Island. Settled in 1857 as an Acadian fishing community, it was known as Saint-Pierre-de-la-Pointe-aux-Esquimaux until the present name was adopted in 1930. Historically a fishing and lumbering centre, the village now serves as a titanium ore-transshipment port; the ore is transported from the mines at Lac Allard and loaded aboard ships bound for Sorel-Tracy. Pop. (2006) 3,150; (2011) 3,418.
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