Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Côte-Nord | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 30 ′ N , 59 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 2 845.13 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1028 (as of: 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 0.4 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Postal code : | G0G, 1G0 | ||
Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is a Canadian parish on the north side of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence across from Newfoundland . It belongs to the province of Quebec . The next road ends 150 km away and so the place can only be reached by boat. There are four settlements in the parish: Chevery , Harrington Harbor, Kegaska , Tête-à-la-Baleine .
history
The place was founded in 1871 by Protestant families from Newfoundland. Today the village lives from catching crabs and mussels.
Sainte-Marie-La-Mauderne
The remote location became known worldwide as the filming location for the social comedy The Great Seduction ( La grande séduction ). The filmmaker Jean-François Pouliot used the village as the setting for Sainte-Marie-La-Mauderne , whose villagers use all their tricks and deceit to try to sell life in the village as paradise to a young doctor from the city.