Mékinac
Mékinac is a regional county municipality of 5,607 km2 located in the administrative region of Mauricie, along the Saint-Maurice River, which also crosses the RCM from one end to the other, and the Matawin River, a tributary of the Saint-Maurice.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lac-aux-Sables and Sainte-Thècle.
Lac-aux-Sables
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Lac-aux-Sables is a picturesque and recreational tourism locality of the Moyenne-Mauricie at the southeastern limit of the Laurentian Shield, on the north shore of the St.
Sainte-Thècle
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Sainte-Thècle is a picturesque and recreational tourism locality in the Middle-Mauricie. It sits at the southeastern limit of the Laurentian Shield, on the north shore of the St.
Saint-Tite
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Sainte-Tite is a town in the Middle-Mauricie at the southeastern limit of the Laurentian shield, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Mékinac.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Trois-Rives and Grandes-Piles.
Trois-Rives
Trois-Rives is a forest and resort town in the Middle-Mauricie region located in the Laurentian Shield, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Mékinac.Grandes-Piles
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Grandes-Piles is a recreational tourism and picturesque locality of the Moyen-Mauricie in the Laurentian Shield, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Mékinac, in Mauricie, in Quebec.
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac
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Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac is a forest locality in the Middle-Mauricie located in the Laurentian Shield, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Mékinac, in Mauricie, in Quebec.
Hérouxville
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Hérouxville is a picturesque locality of the Moyen-Mauricie at the southeastern limit of the Laurentian shield, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Mékinac, in Mauricie.
Saint-Adelphe
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Saint-Adelphe is a picturesque community in the Middle-Mauricie at the southeastern limit of the Laurentian shield, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Mékinac.
Notre-Dame-de-Montauban
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Notre-Dame-de-Montauban is a charming locality in Middle Batiscanie on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality of Mékinac.
ZEC du Gros-Brochet
The ZEC du Gros-Brochet is a controlled exploitation zone on public territory straddling the territories of La Tuque and the regional county municipality of Mékinac, in Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada.Saint-Séverin
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Saint-Séverin is a picturesque locality of the Moyen-Mauricie at the south-eastern limit of the Laurentian shield, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality.
ZEC Tawachiche
ZEC Batiscan-Neilson
The ZEC Batiscan-Neilson is a controlled harvesting zone, located in the municipal territories of Saint-Raymond, Rivière-à-Pierre and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, in the regional county municipality of Portneuf, on the north shore of the St.ZEC du Chapeau-de-Paille
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The ZEC du Chapeau-de-Paille is a controlled exploitation zone in the unorganized territories of Lac-Normand and Rivière-de-la-Savane of the MRC de Mékinac, in Mauricie.
Mékinac
- Type: Locality with 12,800 residents
- Description: regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Mekinac RCM”, “Mékinac RCM”, “Mekinac Regional County Municipality”, “Mékinac Regional County Municipality”, “MRC Mekinac”, and “MRC Mékinac”
- Neighbors: La Tuque Region, Les Chenaux, Maskinongé Region, Portneuf, and Shawinigan
- Categories: regional county municipality of Quebec and census division of Canada
- Location: Mauricie, Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Mékinac” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mékinac”
- Dutch: “Mékinac”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميكيناك”
- French: “Mékinac”
- German: “Mékinac”
- Greek: “Μεκινάκ”
- Irish: “Mékinac”
- Italian: “Mékinac”
- Italian: “Municipalità regionale della contea di Mékinac”
- Persian: “شهرستان مکیناک”
- Polish: “Mékinac”
- Portuguese: “Mékinac”
- Slovenian: “Mékinac”
- Spanish: “Mekinac”
- Spanish: “Mékinac”
- Turkish: “Mékinac”
- Ukrainian: “Мекінак”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Sir Rhanbarthol Mékinac”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mékinac”. Photo: steeve normandin, CC BY 3.0.