North Shore

The North Shore or Côte-Nord is a region of on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In 2021, it had about 89,000 residents in an area about the size of Italy.
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is a large but sparsely-populated island in in northeastern Quebec, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. While the island is over 160 km long, the only settlement of note on is tiny Port-Menier on the western coast.

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is a village in on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, at its meeting point with the Saguenay River Fjord. It is part of the Association of the "Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec" and the bay of is part of the club of the most beautiful bays in the world.

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is a city in on the North Shore of , approximately 230 km northeast of Baie-Comeau, on the Route des Baleines and the Route Nature aux mille délices.

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The subregion is the western part of 's North Shore region. It presents its visitors with faces as varied as they are fabulous. It is known for its large expanses and its proximity to the St.

The is a region on the North Shore, in , in . It is located on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The main attractions of the are:…

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is a region on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the east of the province of . is like British Columbia's Sunny Shine Cost, with its many bays and ferries.

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covers a vast territory on the North Shore of Quebec, Canada. The main attraction of the region is its vast hinterland made up of rivers, lakes, peat bogs, forests, mountains offering bucolic panoramas, hunting and fishing sites, quad and snowmobile trails, varied wildlife and boreal flora.

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is a vast but sparsely-populated regional county municipality, with 4,260 people in a remote 70,390-km² area of northeastern Quebec. The main attractions of the MRC of are:…

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Saguenay–Saint-Laurent Marine Park is a national marine conservation area located in a section of the seabed of the St. Lawrence and Saguenay rivers, in .

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is an unorganized territory on the Côte-Nord in eastern . It is part of the tourist region of . The main tourist attractions of are:…

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is the gateway to the tourist region of , in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in . It is located on the Route des Baleines and the Route Nature aux mille délices.

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is a village municipality in , Canada, at the mouth of the Outardes River. It is about 20 kilometres south-west of along Route 138.

The is a snowmobile trail in the Basse-Côte-Nord region, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, .

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is a municipality in , Côte-Nord, in . It is on the Route des Baleines and the Route Nature aux mille délices.

North Shore

Latitude of center
50.8668° or 50° 52′ 1″ north
Longitude of center
-65.8154° or 65° 48′ 56″ west
Population
88,500
Elevation
368 metres (1,207 feet)
Geo­Names ID
5928473
Wiki­data ID
Q1124109
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“North Shore” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Côte-Nord”
  • Basque: “Côte-Nord”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko Kostaldea”
  • Breton: “Côte-Nord”
  • Catalan: “Côte-Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Côte-Nord”
  • Chinese: “Côte-Nord”
  • Chinese: “北岸”
  • Chinese: “北岸区”
  • Dutch: “Côte-Nord”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوت-نور”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Bordio”
  • Estonian: “Côte-Nord”
  • Finnish: “Côte-Nord”
  • French: “Côte-Nord”
  • German: “Cote-Nord”
  • German: “Côte-Nord”
  • Greek: “Κοτ-Νορ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet-ngan Thi-khî”
  • Hebrew: “קוט נור”
  • Irish: “Côte-Nord”
  • Italian: “Côte-Nord”
  • Japanese: “コート・ノード地域”
  • Japanese: “コート・ノール地域”
  • Latin: “Côte-Nord”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Côte-Nord”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Côte-Nord”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Côte-Nord”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Côte-Nord”
  • Persian: “کوت-نور”
  • Polish: “Cote-Nord”
  • Polish: “Côte-Nord”
  • Portuguese: “Côte-Nord”
  • Russian: “Кот-Нор-дю-Гольф-Сен-Лоран”
  • Russian: “Кот-Нор”
  • Russian: “Северный Берег”
  • Scots: “Cote-Nord”
  • Scots: “Côte-Nord”
  • Slovenian: “Côte-Nord”
  • Spanish: “Cote Nord”
  • Spanish: “Côte Nord”
  • Spanish: “Cote-Nord”
  • Spanish: “Côte-Nord”
  • Swedish: “Côte-Nord”
  • Turkish: “Côte-Nord”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Берег”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Беріг”
  • Urdu: “کوٹ-نورڈ”
  • “Côte-Nord”

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