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24-531: The surrounding hydrographic slopes of the Wawagosic River are: The water head of the Wawagosic River is located on the border of the administrative regions of Nord-du-Québec and Abitibi-Témiscamingue . The Wawagosic River originates in a small marsh north of Authier Lake, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Chicobi, Quebec , west of the Octave River (Harricana River) and north of Chicobi Lake . This sector

48-505: A non-official language as their mother tongue, 0.4% reported both English and French as their first language, and 0.3% reported both French and a non-official language as their mother tongue. As of 2021, Indigenous peoples comprised 68.5% of the population, and visible minorities contributed 1.9%. The largest visible minority groups in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean are Black (0.9%), Arab (0.3%), and Filipino (0.3%). In 2021, 72.2% of

72-590: A population of 14,139; Kativik has a land area of 443,372.20 square kilometres (171,186.96 sq mi) and a population of 12,090. The most populous community overall is the town of Chibougamau in Jamésie. The most populous community in Eeyou Istchee is Chisasibi , while the most populous community in Kativik is Kuujjuaq . The administrative structure of Nord-du-Québec is divided between three equivalent territories to

96-496: A regional municipality: Kativik , Eeyou Istchee , and Jamésie . At the local level exists five municipalities: The towns of Chibougamau (the largest town in this region), Chapais , Lebel-sur-Quévillon , and Matagami , and the special municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay , which was formerly the local municipality of Baie-James before a 2012 restructure of the government. Kativik offers regional services to its 14 northern villages and associated Inuit reserved lands as well as

120-412: Is 29.8, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. It is the youngest region of Québec. Most residents (58.7%) spoke Indigenous languages as their mother tongue. The Cree-Innu languages were the mother tongue of 31.7%, followed by Inuktitut at 26.9%. From Canada's official languages, French was the mother tongue of 29.9% of residents in 2021, while English was for 6.6%. 3.0% reported both English and

144-640: Is a limited network of roads in the Jamésie region which reaches most of the few, small communities. Most were constructed as part of the James Bay Project . The "main road" of the region is the 620 kilometres (390 mi) long James Bay Road , a paved (albeit remote) extension of Route 109 from Matagami to Radisson . The 407 kilometres (253 mi) long gravel Route du Nord connects the James Bay Road to Route 167 near Chibougamau . The 666 kilometres (414 mi) gravel Trans-Taiga Road branches off

168-576: Is included in the Esker-Mistaouac's proposed biodiversity reserve . The head of the river drains the waters of the western slope of Saucer Hills (altitude: 367 metres (1,204 ft)) and Mount Plamondon (altitude: 445 metres (1,460 ft)). Located in the southeastern corner of Bacon Township, Wawagosic Lake (length: 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi)) flows into the river of the same name by the Tangente River which flows 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) to

192-585: Is limited to air travel, sea travel to coastal areas, or hiking great distances. All villages have their own airport, with the Kuujjuaq Airport functioning as a regional hub. In the rightmost column, the total area adds up to 747161.23 rather than the correct 747161.22 due to rounding error. Hudson Strait Hudson Strait ( French : Détroit d'Hudson ) in Nunavut links the Atlantic Ocean and

216-629: Is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec , Canada . Spread over nearly 14 degrees of latitude, north of the 49th parallel, the region covers 860,692 km (332,315 sq mi) on the Labrador Peninsula , or just over half of the province's total land area. Nord-du-Québec possesses 3,644 archaeological sites known and listed by the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine (MCCCF), along La Grande Rivière basin,

240-580: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Nord-du-Québec region had a population of 45,740 living in 14,543 of its 17,325 total private dwellings, a change of +2.6% from its 2016 population of 44,561. With a land area of 707,306.52 km (273,092.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.1/km (0.2/sq mi) in 2021. If the region were its own province, it would be larger than all other Canadian provinces except for Ontario and British Columbia . The median age

264-620: The Grand Council of the Crees speaks of "Eeyou Istchee", they refer to a much larger and contiguous traditional territory and homeland that covers much of Jamésie. Jamésie, extending from the eastern shore of James Bay to the Otish Mountains of the Laurentian Plateau , is mainly boreal forest . Eeyou Istchee is largely enclaved within Jamésie, although one of its communities is slightly to

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288-754: The Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik , with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nunavut and Resolution Island , off Baffin Island . The strait is about 750 km (470 mi) long with an average width of 125 km (78 mi), varying from 70 km (43 mi) at the eastern entrance to 240 km (150 mi) at Deception Bay. English navigator Sir Martin Frobisher

312-624: The Otish Mountains sector and in the coastal areas of Quaqtaq , near Ungava Bay . These sites are mostly of First Nations origin and bear witness to several thousands of years of occupation of the territory of the Cree and Inuit ancestors of the region. Before 1912, the northernmost part of this region was part of the Ungava District of the Northwest Territories , and until 1987 it

336-484: The James Bay Road to Caniapiscau , the northernmost connecting road in eastern North America. The few provincial routes are concentrated in the far south of the region, including Route 109 to Matagami, Route 113 , which ends near Chibougamau, and Route 167 to Mistissini . There are no roads to Nunavik from the south. There are isolated roads in and around villages, as well as an isolated road running from Raglan Mine to Deception Bay, connecting to Salluit . Access

360-635: The Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach . Eeyou Istchee offers regional services to its 9 Cree village municipalities and their associated Cree reserved lands. The four towns of Jamésie are not covered by a regional government, and supply their own services. The special local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay is governed jointly by the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Government , which consists of 11 representatives from Eeyou Istche and 11 representatives from Jamésie. In

384-528: The area for the development of northwestern Quebec for the eventual arrival of the National Transcontinental Railway, this river was identified popularly as "Croche River". The name "Wawagotig" of Algonquin origin, meaning "river in zigzag", was also used to describe this body of water. The Algonquins of Pikogan had named Lake Wawagosic; this lake is characterized by its sandy coastline and several islands. This latter meaning applies very well to

408-481: The north of the 55th parallel and geographically enclaved within Kativik. Kativik has some boreal forest in its southern portion but is mainly tundra which covers the entire Ungava Peninsula . From the Canada 2011 Census , Eeyou Istchee has a land area of 5,586.25 square kilometres (2,156.86 sq mi) and a population of 16,350; Jamésie has a land area of 298,202.78 square kilometres (115,136.74 sq mi) and

432-516: The population identified as Christian . 36.3% were Anglican , 24.1% were Catholic , and 6.2% were Pentecostal . 24.9% said they had no religious affiliation. Traditional North American Indigenous spirituality practitioners were the largest non-Christian religious minority, making up 1.9% of the population. Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were: (Percentages may total more than 100% due to rounding and multiple responses). There

456-500: The river whose clayey and rockless edges have been noted since the beginning of the century. The toponym "rivière Wawagosic" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec . Download coordinates as: Nord-du-Qu%C3%A9bec Nord-du-Québec ( French pronunciation: [nɔʁ d͜zy kebɛk] ; English: Northern Quebec )

480-464: The south and southeast. Nord-du-Québec is part of the territory covered by the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975; other regions covered (in part) by this Agreement include Côte-Nord , Mauricie and Abitibi-Témiscamingue administrative regions. Nord-du-Québec is divided for statistical and other purposes into three territories equivalent to a regional county municipality (TEs): When

504-574: The southwest, to reach the Wawagosic River. The Wawagosic River flows mostly north, with some segment westward, across many marsh areas. On its course, the river drains the waters from the lakes: Motherland, Plamondon, Wawagosic, Cadieux, Carheil, Horney, Morin, Cadieux, Dent, Leblond and Casgrain. The Wawagosic River flows into the Turgeon River which is a tributary of the Harricana River . According to reports from 1908 surveyors who were exploring

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528-509: The strait was George Weymouth who sailed 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) beyond the Furious Overfall in 1602. The strait was named after Henry Hudson who explored it in 1610 in the ship Discovery , the same ship previously used by George Weymouth in 1602. Hudson was followed by Thomas Button in 1612, and a more detailed mapping expedition led by Robert Bylot and William Baffin in 1616. The Hudson Strait links

552-511: Was referred to as Nouveau-Québec, or New Quebec . Nord-du-Québec lies entirely upon the Canadian Shield . It extends from 49°N latitude to beyond 62°N and is 98.4 percent public land. The region is bordered by Hudson Bay and James Bay in the west, Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay in the north, Labrador in the northeast, and the administrative regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue , Mauricie , Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean , and Côte-Nord in

576-474: Was the first European to report entering the strait, in 1578. He named a tidal rip at the entrance the Furious Overfall and called the strait Mistaken Strait , since he felt it held less promise as an entrance to the Northwest Passage than the body of water that was later named Frobisher Bay . Later in his 1587 voyage, explorer John Davis sailed by the entrance to the strait. The first European to explore

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