coord 60 02 0 N 77 16 0 W type city display title File Puvirnituq school.JPG thumb 240px School in Puvirnituq Commons Category PuvirnituqPuvirnituqPuvirnituq is an Inuit settlement in Nunavik on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on the Hudson Bay in northern Quebec , Canada. Its population is 1457 2006 census of Canada . ref cite web url http www12.statcan.ca census recensement 2006 dp pd prof 92 594 details page.cfm?Lang E&Geo1 CSD&Code1 2499120&Geo2 PR&Code2 24&Data Count&SearchText Puvirnituq&SearchType Begins&SearchPR 01&B1 All&Custom title 2006 Census ref The name means Place where there is a smell of rotten meat . This unusual name may have originated from either one of these events occurring a long time ago A herd of caribou was swept away by the Povungnituk River while attempting to cross it and washed ashore near the current village site where the decomposing bodies began giving off a staunch smell. An epidemic killed off most of the area s residents to the point where there was not enough people to bury the dead, allowing the exposed bodies to decompose, giving off a putrid smell. Puvirnituq is the aviation hub of the Hudson Bay coast. Its Puvirnituq Airport airport handles scheduled flights to and from all other Hudson Bay coastal communities in Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa. It is not accessible by road. History In 1921, the Hudson s Bay Company established a trading post here, known as Povungnituk and often shortened to Pov. This attracted the settlement of Inuit ... nearby villages led to an influx of Inuit to Puvirnituq. A Catholic mission was founded in 1956, which ..., most of which now make up the Federation of Co operatives of Northern Quebec. References reflist External links http www.nunavik tourism.com vilpuvirnituq.html Nunavik Tourism, Puvirnituq website http ... Category Inuit communities in Quebec Category Hudson s Bay Company trading posts Category Populated places on Hudson Bay de Puvirnituq fr Puvirnituq pl Puvirnituq pt Puvirnituq ... more details
Infobox airport name Puvirnituq Airport IATA YPX ICAO CYPX type Public owner operator Kativik Regional Government br Administration r gionale Kativik city served location Puvirnituq, Quebec elevation f 83 elevation m 25 latd 60 latm 03 lats 08 latNS N longd 077 longm 17 longs 15 longEW W coordinates type airport coordinates region CA QC pushpin map Canada Quebec pushpin label CYPX pushpin map caption Location in Quebec website r1 number 01 19 r1 length f 6,299 r1 length m 1,920 r1 surface Gravel stat1 header Aircraft movements stat1 data 5,802 stat year 2010 footnotes Source Canada Flight Supplement ref name CFS CFS ref br Movements from Statistics Canada ref name move http www.statcan.gc.ca pub 51 210 x 2011001 t001 eng.htm Total aircraft movements by class of operation ref Puvirnituq Airport , Airport codes YPX ref ASN YPX Puvirnituq Airport IATA YPX ref CYPX , is located convert 1 NM abbr on lk in north of Puvirnituq, QuebecPuvirnituq , Quebec , Canada . Airlines and destinations Air Inuit Akulivik, Inukjuak, Kuujjuaq, La Grande, Montreal, Salluit, connect to Quebec City References references External links Can arpt wx CYPX Puvirnituq Airport List of airports in Canada Category Airports in Quebec Category Transportation in Nord du Qu bec Quebec airport stub es Aeropuerto de Puvirnituq pms Puvirnituq Airport ... more details
, Puvirnituq mountains and Pingualuit crater. While low and medium altitude peak from western Quebec ... s capital city Quebec City Coord 53 45 N 071 59 W region CA QC type adm1st display title name Quebec Infobox Province or territory of Canada Name Quebec usual form in English See http en.wikipedia.org ... Government of Quebec accessdate November 10, 2010 ref Original French http www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca charte ... Yellow Birch ref name Qsymbols Bird Snowy Owl ref name Qsymbols Capital Quebec City CapCoord Coord 46 48 58 N 071 13 27 W type city region CA QC display inline name Quebec City LargestCity Montreal ... Jean Charest PremierParty Quebec Liberal Party Liberal Viceroy Pierre Duchesne ViceroyType Lieutenant Governor Legislature Quebec National Assembly PostalAbbreviation QC ref cite web url http www.canadapost.ca ... discussion and consensus. Please address any changes to the talk page before making them. Quebec ... name in Canadian French French and Quebec without the accent is the province s official name ... name of the Quebec City capital is Qu bec in both official languages. The Quebec government renders ... Quebec is located in the Eastern Canada eastern part of Canada , but is also historically and politically ... language is French language French at the provincial level. Quebec is Canada s largest province by area ... , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia . Quebec is Canada s second most populous province, after ... and Quebec City , the capital. English speaking Quebecer English speaking communities and English language ..., 2008 ref Sovereignty plays a large role in the politics of Quebec , and the official opposition parliamentary ... and secession from Canada. Quebec sovereignty movement Sovereignist governments have held referendums on independence in 1980 Quebec Referendum 1980 and 1995 Quebec referendum 1995 both were voted ... ref cite web url http www.ctv.ca servlet ArticleNews story CTVNews 20061127 quebec motion 061127?s name &no ads title House of Commons passes Quebec nation motion publisher CTV News date November 27 ... more details
south, near Schefferville, Quebec Schefferville in the Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality, Quebec Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality the nordic village s VN of Kuujjuarapik, Quebec Kuujjuarapik Umiujaq, Quebec Umiujaq Inukjuak, Quebec Inukjuak Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec Kangiqsualujjuaq Kuujjuaq, Quebec Kuujjuaq Tasiujaq, Quebec Tasiujaq Aupaluk, Quebec Aupaluk Kangirsuk, Quebec Kangirsuk Quaqtaq, Quebec Quaqtaq Puvirnituq, QuebecPuvirnituq Akulivik, Quebec Akulivik Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec Kangiqsujuaq Salluit, Quebec Salluit Ivujivik, Quebec Ivujivik the Inuit reserved land s homonymous ... Government en fr Inuktitut Administrative divisions of Quebec region Nord du Qu bec Subdivisions of Quebec coord missing Quebec Category Territories equivalent to a regional county municipality Category Incorporated places in Nord du Qu bec Category Nunavik Quebec stub fr Kativik pl Kativik ... more details
Other uses Quebec County disambiguation dablink Quebec County, Quebec may also refer to a Qu bec territory equivalent to a regional county municipality Census Subdivision of Quebec province, Canada and Quebec County electoral district electoral district . Quebec County is an historic List of Quebec counties county in the province of Quebec , Canada . The county included the Quebec City metropolitan area and extended northwestward. The county seat was Loretteville, Quebec Loretteville . When Quebec s county boundaries were redrawn into Regional County Municipality Regional County Municipalities the county was dissolved mostly into La Jacques Cartier Regional County Municipality, Quebec La Jacques Cartier , Quebec City Quebec City Urban Community , with small parts going to La Tuque, Quebec Le Haut Saint Maurice and Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec Portneuf . The county included the following municipalities townships Beauport Ouest, Quebec Beauport Ouest Charlesbourg Est, Quebec Charlesbourg Est Charlesbourg Ouest, Quebec Charlesbourg Ouest Lac douard, Quebec Lac douard Lac Saint Charles, Quebec Lac Saint Charles L Ancienne Lorette, Quebec L Ancienne Lorette Notre Dame des Laurentides, Quebec Notre Dame des Laurentides Orsainville, Quebec Orsainville Saint Ambroise, Quebec Saint Ambroise Saint Duastan, Quebec Saint Duastan Saint F lix, Quebec Saint F lix Saint Gabriel de Valcartier, Quebec Saint Gabriel de Valcartier Saint Gabriel Ouest, Quebec Saint Gabriel Ouest Saint G rard Magella, Quebec Saint G rard Magella Sainte Monique des Saules, Quebec Sainte Monique des Saules Saite Th r se de Lisieux, Quebec Sainte Th r se de Lisieux Stoneham et Tewkesbury, Quebec Stoneham et Tewkesbury See also Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada Category Quebec counties ... more details
L piphanie, Quebec may refer to any of two entities in L Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec , Canada L piphanie city , Quebec L piphanie parish , Quebec geodis ... more details
Quebec County may refer to Quebec County electoral district Quebec County electoral district , a former federal riding from 1867 to 1925 County of Quebec , a former riding of Lower Canada, see Electoral districts of Lower Canada Quebec County, QuebecQuebec County , Quebec , a former administrative division county of the province of QuebecQuebec census division Quebec TE and CD , a census division CD and terrtorial equivalent TE to a regional municipality county geodis ... more details
The name Stanbridge, Quebec could refer to one of the following locations in the Brome Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec Parishes Notre Dame de Stanbridge, Quebec Saint Ignace de Stanbridge, Quebec Municipalities Stanbridge East, Quebec Stanbridge Station, Quebec disambig ... more details
Quebec referendum may refer to one of the two referendums held solely in QuebecQuebec referendum, 1980 , the 1980 plebiscite on Quebec independence, or sovereignty association Quebec referendum, 1995 , the 1995 plebiscite on Quebec independence, or sovereignty partnership See also Referendums in Canada disambig ... more details
Secession of Quebec is a term that may refer to Reference re Secession of Quebec , a 1998 opinion by the Supreme Court of Canada An aim of the Quebec sovereignty movement Disambig ... more details
Hatley, Quebec may refer to Hatley municipality , Quebec Hatley township , Quebec geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Valcourt, Quebec refers to two distinct entities Valcourt township , Quebec , a township municipality Valcourt city , Quebec , a city enclaved within the township geodis ... more details
The title Bishop of Quebec refers to more than one individual The Anglican Church of Canada Anglican Bishop of Anglican Diocese of QuebecQuebec The Roman Catholicism in Canada Roman Catholic Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of QuebecQuebec See also Bishop of Calgary disambiguation Bishop of Edmonton disambiguation Bishop of Montreal disambiguation Bishop of Toronto disambiguation Bishop of Vancouver disambiguation Bishop of Winnipeg disambiguation disambiguation DEFAULTSORT Bishop Of Quebec Category Quebec City Category Bishops in Canada by diocese Quebec Category Bishops in Quebec ... more details
Maddington, Quebec is an List of cantons in Quebec canton in Centre du Qu bec , Quebec , Canada . Quebec Route 261 Route 261 goes through it. Sources http maps.google.com maphp?hl en&ned us&tab nl&q Maddington, Quebec Google Maps Administrative divisions of Quebec region Centre du Qu bec Category Townships of Quebec Category Incorporated places in Centre du Qu bec coord 46 13 28.4 N 72 9 22.8 W display title quebec geo stub fr Maddington ... more details
There are two municipalities named Clermont in Quebec Clermont, Capitale Nationale, Quebec , in Charlevoix Est Regional County Municipality, Quebec Charlevoix Est Regional County Municipality Clermont, Abitibi T miscamingue, Quebec , in Abitibi Ouest Regional County Municipality, Quebec Abitibi Ouest Regional County Municipality geodis ... more details
Omerville is a former community in the Canada Canadian province of Quebec . It was amalgamated into the city of Magog, Quebec Magog in 2002. ref Nelson Afonso, Quebec forces three way merger, Sherbrooke Record , 3 October 2002 ref References references Quebec stub coord missing Quebec Category Communities in Estrie ... more details
See also Index of Quebec related articles double image right Flag of Quebec.svg 180 Coat of arms of Qu bec.svg 130 Flag of Quebec Coat of arms of Quebec Image Qu bec, Canada.svg thumb 220px Location of QuebecQuebec is a province in the eastern part of Canada situated between Hudson Bay and the Gulf ... level. Sovereignty plays a large role in the politics of Quebec , and the official opposition parliamentary ... and secession from Canada. Quebec sovereignty movement Sovereignist governments have held referendums on independence in 1980 Quebec Referendum 1980 and 1995 Quebec referendum 1995 both were voted down ... CTVNews 20061127 quebec motion 061127?s name &no ads title House of Commons passes Quebec nation motion ... of and topical guide to Quebec TOC limit limit 2 General reference International Phonetic Alphabet ... accent is the official name in Canadian French French and Quebec without the accent is the province ..., the official name of the Quebec City capital is Qu bec in both official languages. The Quebec government renders both names as Qu bec in both languages. ref Common English name s Quebec Official English name s Quebec Nickname La Belle Province French for The Beautiful Province ref cite news url ... List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names Countries and nations Adjectival s Quebec Qu b cois ... of Quebec main Geography of Quebec Image Map of Quebec.png thumb The Quebec territory. Quebec ... QuebecQuebec . Merriam Webster Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary , 11th ed. 2003. ISBN 0 87779 809 5 New York Merriam Webster, Inc. ref ref name QLocation Quebec is located in the Eastern ... Canada with Ontario . ref Canada is a country Demographics of Quebec Population of Quebec ... April 16, 2011 accessdate April 16, 2011 ref Area of Quebec 1,542,056 km ref cite web last Quebec url http www.canadafacts.org area of canadian provinces title Area of Quebec work Areas of Canadian ... List of Quebec area codes commons Atlas of Quebec Atlas of Quebec Location Quebec is situated within ... more details
Image Armes du Qu C3 A9bec.svg 120px right The Court of Quebec is the Provincial Court of the Canadian province of Quebec . The Court is divided into the following areas The Civil Division, The Criminal and Penal Division, and The Youth Division. The Chief Judge of the Court of Quebec is Guy Gagnon. External links http www.tribunaux.qc.ca mjq en c quebec index cq.html Court of Quebec website Courts of Canada Category Quebec courts Quebec stub Canada law stub fr Cour du Qu bec ... more details
Hemmingford, Quebec may refer to any of two entities Hemmingford township , Quebec , a township municipality Hemmingford village , Quebec , a village municipality enclaved in the township one geodis ... more details
Natashquan is the name of two communities in the Canada Canadian province of Quebec , which are closely related but distinct Natashquan, Quebec reserve , an Innu reserve, Natashquan, Quebec municipality , a municipality. geodis fr Natashquan ... more details
Diocese of Quebec may refer to Anglican Diocese of Quebec , founded by Letters Patent in 1793 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec , the oldest Catholic see in the New World north of Mexico disambig ... more details
Quebec Qu bec in French usually refers to Quebec , a province of Canada Quebec City , the capital city of the province of QuebecQuebec may also refer to Places in the United States Quebec, Connecticut a neighborhood in the Borough of Danielson in Windham County, Connecticut Quebec, Montana an unincorporated community in Montana Geography Province of Quebec 1763 1791 , British colony Qu bec electoral ... division of the province comprising the Quebec City metropolitan area Quebec County, Quebec , a historic county comprising Quebec City and its environs Quebec, County Durham , a village in England Quebec, West Sussex , a village in England Quebec Mountain , North Carolina, United States Pingualuit crater , Meteor crater once known as the New Quebec Crater, Ungava Crater, and Chubb Crater Quebeck ... www.fallingrain.com world a Q u e b e also lists but USPS rejects Quebec, Connecticut Apparently, this is Quebec Sq in Nashawaug, CT Quebec, Louisiana ?? Arts quebec album quebec album , a 2003 album by Ween Quebec 1951 film Quebec 1951 film , a 1951 film directed by George Templeton about the Patriotes Rebellion Quebec 2007 film Quebec 2007 film , a 2007 film directed by Steve Conrad Qu bec Duplessis and After... , a 1972 film directed by Denys Arcand Quebec, une ville , a 1988 film directed by Gilles Carle Ike Quebec , a jazz tenor saxophonist XEBEC , a subsidiary of the Japanese animation studio Production I.G. History Battle of Quebec , numerous battles in or near Quebec Miscellaneous Quebec , the letter Q in the ICAO spelling alphabet NATO phonetic alphabet Quebec Soda, a vanilla flavored ... Project 615 submarine HMS Quebec HMS Quebec , three ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy HMCS Quebec HMCS Quebec HMCS Quebec , a cruiser of the Second World War, formerly HMS ... de Qu bec FFH 332 HMCS Ville de Qu bec Halifax class frigate 1993 present CSTC HMCS Quebec CSTC HMCS Quebec , the Cadet Summer Training Centre HMCS QuebecQuebec Platelet Disorder , a genetic blood disorder ... more details
Location map Canada Quebec lat 48.5752 long 67.9908 width 200 caption Location of Padoue in Quebec label Padoue Padoue is a List of municipalities in Quebec municipality in Quebec . coord 48.575 N 67.990 W display title region CA type city source GNS enwiki External Links http www.city data.com canada Padoue Municipalit .html Population Information Category Municipalities in QuebecQuebec geo stub fr Padoue Qu bec ... more details
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