North Shore (Quebec) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
administrative region in Québec, Canada
About North Shore (Quebec)
Much of the North Shore is the traditional land of the Naskapi and Innu First Nations (Aboriginal) people. Around 650 Naskapi people live in Kawawachikamach, approximately 16 km northeast of Schefferville, and thousands of Innu live in settlements throughout the region such as Matimekush, Pakuashipi, Uashat-Maliotenam, and Natashquan. While both populations speak their own mutually intelligible Indigenous languages, the Naskapi primarily speak English as their second language whereas the Innu primarily speak French as their second language. The region's economy is based on mining (mostly iron), lumbering, aluminum production, and tourism. Côte-Nord's fourteen hydroelectric dams, notably the Manicouagan-Outardes complex, supply Hydro-Québec with over 10,500 megawatts of power. The region o
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