Les Bergeronnes, Quebec
| Les Bergeronnes | |
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| Municipality | |
Grandes-Bergeronnes
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 Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM. |
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 Les Bergeronnes
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| Coordinates: 48°15′N 69°33′W / 48.250°N 69.550°WCoordinates: 48°15′N 69°33′W / 48.250°N 69.550°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | La Haute-Côte-Nord |
| Settled | 1845 |
| Constituted | December 29, 1999 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francis Bouchard |
| • Federal riding | Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord |
| • Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
| Area | |
| • Total | 287.00 km2 (110.81 sq mi) |
| • Land | 275.29 km2 (106.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 693 |
| • Density | 2.5/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 5.8% |
| • Dwellings | 326 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0T 1G0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 138
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| Website | www |
Les Bergeronnes is a municipality in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada. The municipality includes the communities of Grandes-Bergeronnes, Petites-Bergeronnes and Bon-Désir.
After the continental glacier withdrawal 8,000 years ago, Native Americans spent the summer along the St-Laurence river bank in the Bergeronnes territory. Archeological excavations found several layers of whale and seal skinning tools. From the 16th to 18th century, Native Americans and the Basques hunted seals in Pipounapi marine cove whose meaning is "Here, it does not freeze." In 1653, the surrounding territory was conceded to Lord Robert Giffard by the governor of New France. Remains of two ovens used to collect grease for lighting were found. The first one, with double burner, was built in the late 16th century. Jesuit Evangelist Pierre Laure settled there in 1721. The following year, a chapel and a house were erected. A plot about the fact that too many religious activities - there was a daily public prayer - left no time for Native americans to hunt, led to the abandonment of the mission in 1725. In 1730, the Barragory brothers erected a whaling station and built the second oven with triple burner. Due to the lack of profit, this station was abandoned in 1773. In the absence of real development, the domain went back as Domain of the King, until 1822, when the post was entrusted to the Hudson's Bay Company.
At the time of Admiral Bayfield hydrographic survey around 1830, all that remained was the cellar of the house with its stone fireplace, hence the reference to Cave Cove on the map while Bon-Désir was moved three miles further West. Seals hunting went on for some times. In 1847, 136 seals were killed there.
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