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Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃twan də lil o ɡʁy]) is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for birdwatching, goose-hunting, and cheeses.
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History
In 1831, the local parish was formed, called Saint-Antoine in honour of Anthony of Padua. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues was created, taking its name from the parish and the archipelago.[1]
2010 plane crash
On May 19, 2010, at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.[4]
Geography
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues includes of the majority of islands in the Isle-aux-Grues Archipelago . Its major islands are:
- Île aux Grues,[5] largest island and the only one permanently inhabited
- Île aux Oies,[6] formerly also known by its English name Île Goose[7]
- Grosse Île,[8] long a quarantine site for immigrants and now a national historic site
- Île Sainte-Marguerite[9]
- Île au Canot[10]
- Île Longue[11]
- Île à Deux Têtes[12]
- Île du Cheval[13]
- Île la Sottise[14]
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues had a population of 122 living in 72 of its 102 total private dwellings, a change of -15.3% from its 2016 population of 144. With a land area of 23.97 km2 (9.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km2 (13.2/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
Government
List of former mayors:[17]
- George Painchaud (1867–1869, 1887–1889, 1892–1893)
- Gatien Lachaîne (1869–1875)
- Louis Lavoie (1875–1887)
- Wilfrid Lavoie (1889–1892)
- Fénélon Vézina (1893–1903)
- Paul Charles Painchaud (1903–1911, 1920–1929)
- Joseph Lavoie (1911–1920)
- Joseph N. Lemieux (1929–1935)
- Olivier Gagné (1935–1939)
- Alfred Roy (1939–1945)
- François-Marcellin Bernier (1945–1947, 1954–1960)
- Joseph Jean Baptiste Painchaud (1947–1954)
- Paul-Eugène Lavoie (1960–1977)
- Gaston Bernier (1977–1978)
- Gabriel Vézina (1978–1979)
- Michel Normand (1979–1990)
- Louise Dion Roy (1990–2003)
- Jacques-André Roy (2003–2009)
- Frédéric Poulin (2009–2015, 2023–present)[18]
- Lisette Vézina Painchaud (2015–2017)
- Pierre Gariepy (2017–2023)
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Transportation
L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.[4]
Education
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.[4]
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