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The North Shore The North Shore extends over 655 miles from Tadoussac to Blanc-Sablon at the Strait of Belle Isle and inland to the height of land which forms the boundary of the Coast of Labrador. The region has an area of 88,000 square miles. The effectively occupied area is very small, consisting of scattered locations along the shore. It may be considered as several arbitrarily stated sub-regions. The southeastern part, from Tadoussac to Ste. Anne de Portneuf, is a region of pioneer farming and forest exploitation. The central section extends from Forestville to Clark City. Forestry is the only occupation. Small settlements of forest workers are found in coves along the shore, each with its wharf and log sluice. The bark is removed at local rossing mills and the pulpwood is loaded for shipment on river steamers. Thousands of lumberjacks from other parts of Quebec move into the forests each winter to cut pulpwood. Shipping is done during the summer. Baie Comeau, was built by the Quebec North Shore Paper Company in 1937. Located a few miles northeast of Outardes River, its modern pulp and paper mill. The town is well equipped and is a pleasant place in which to live. It is the terminus of provincial highway 15, but in summer most of the traffic is carried by boat. From its airfield there is daily service to Quebec and Montreal. Clarke City, is at the northeastern end of the forest district near the mouth of the Ste. Marguerite River. It is the location of one of the oldest pulpmills in Quebec, a small plant established in 1908. The eastern part of the North Shore extends from Seven Islands to Blanc Sablon. Seven Islands, is the largest centre. A new airfield makes it the point of departure for the iron fields of New Quebec and Labrador. Eventually it will be an important port and railway terminal. Harve St. Pierre, is a trading centre, and the shipping port for the titanium ores of Allard Lake about 22 miles inland. Blanc Sablon is also a trading centre and the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Labrador Coast. The Island of Anticosti lies in the northern part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and may be considered along with the North Shore. It is a forested private domain of over 3,000 square miles. New Quebec Officially known as New Quebec, the former territory of Ungava became part of the province in 1912. As defined by the Privy Council Award of 1927, the area of this empty land is 227,176 square miles. Inhabitants, mostly Indinas and Eskimos who wander widely in search of game and fish. In the summertime they gather at a few trading posts on Hudson Bay and Ungava Bay, such as Port Harrison, Cape Smith, Wolstenholme, Cape Hopes Advance, Fort Chimo and Port Burwell. Inland also there are a few posts including Mistassini and Fort Mackenzie. The age-long isolation of the interior has now been broken by the development of the iron discovery on the Lakes Plateau. Air services are maintained to Knob Lake. A railway 360 miles long will convey the ore to tidewater at Seven Islands. Both ends of this railroad will in future be the sites of considerable settlements. Significance of Quebec Regions Although it must be admitted that equal geographical significance cannot be claimed for all the regions outlined in this chapter, they do serve as a convenient framework for the human geography of the province. Moreover since Quebec was one of the first settled areas on the continent, there has been sufficient time for human activity to become adjusted to space and resource relationships. This is true, particularly in the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Appalachian Plateau. The county system of the province, being somewhat archaic, has little real geographic significance. It has been suggested that local government could be much better served by the creation of new administrative units. If and when this is achieved, the new map will probably bear a close relationship to the one which has been used as the plan of this chapter. Beyond the borders of the Canadian Shield, however, regions and regional boundaries, especially, must be regarded as tentative. They consist of small settled areas to which are attached large unoccupied areas. It is not impossible that other regional centres may arise in the future. Home