Rivière-Saint-Jean, Quebec
{{about|the municipality in Côte-Nord|the unorganized territory in Gaspésie|Rivière-Saint-Jean, Gaspésie, Quebec}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|settlement_type = Municipality
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|image_caption =Magpie village, Harbour, Saint-Octave catholic church,{{cite web |title=Saint-Octave Church |url=https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=165819&type=bien |publisher=Directory of Quebec's cultural heritage |access-date=28 September 2024 |language=fr |date=2024 |quote=At the beginning of the 20th century, Magpie Harbour was home to an important fishing port and became the centre of the cod fishing trade in the region.}} from Fishermen's St
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Quebec
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Côte-Nord
|subdivision_type3 = RCM
|subdivision_name3 = Minganie
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|established_title = Settled
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|established_title1 = Constituted
|established_date1 = January 1, 1966
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Josée Brunet
|leader_title1 = Federal riding
|leader_name1 = Manicouagan
|leader_title2 = Prov. riding
|leader_name2 = Duplessis
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|area_total_km2 = 743.35
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|population_total = 227
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|population_blank2 = 169
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|postal_code = G0G 2N0
|area_code = 418
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Rivière-Saint-Jean, ({{IPA|fr|ʁivjɛʁ sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃}}), "St. John River", is a municipality located close to the mouth of the Saint-Jean River and the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.{{cite web |title=Rivière-Saint-Jean, toponymy |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=53657 |website=Gouvernement of Quebec |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=fr |date=5 December 1968 |quote=Having become a municipality in 1966, Rivière-Saint-Jean was first a mission named Saint-Jean in 1876, served by a post office, Rivière-Saint-Jean, from 1877.}}
In addition to Rivière-Saint-Jean, the municipality also includes the community of Magpie Village.{{cite web |title=Magpie Village, toponymy |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=38012 |website=Gouvernement of Quebec |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=6 October 2024 |language=fr |date=5 December 1968 |quote=It is one of the oldest localities on the North Shore. The site has been frequented since 1849 by Gaspésiens from the Baie des Chaleurs who come there to fish for cod and salmon.}} which is located near the mouth of the Magpie River.
Magpie Village
Part of the Municipality of Rivière-Saint-Jean, Magpie is a village located on a hillside around Magpie Harbour, 3 km from a second slope, located west of Magpie Bay,{{cite web |title=Magpie Bay, toponymy |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=38008 |website=Gouvernement of Quebec |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=27 September 2024 |language=fr |date=5 December 1968 |quote=Magpie Bay is wide open, with white cliffs along the shore and shallow water extending up to 2.5 km offshore.}} in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.
File:Perisoreus-canadensis-001.jpg. — Mésangeai du Canada, Geai du Canada, Geai gris. — (Canada jay, Whisky jack, Camp robber).]]
Magpie is the English name for the Canadian gray jay commonly called magpie and scientifically Perisoreus canadensis.
History
In 1876, the Saint Jean mission was established, located at the mouth of the Saint-Jean River after which the mission was named. The name "St. Jean" already appeared on a Franquelin map from 1684. Its post office opened in 1877.
Salmon fishing
File:Rivière Saint-Jean 04.jpg
From early June to mid-August, salmon fishing period, it is possible to fish with a permit, in a public sector of the municipality, between the Route 138 bridge and the mouth of the Saint-Jean River.{{cite web |title=Fishing in the Saint-Jean River |url=https://www.saumonquebec.com/cote-nord-duplessis-et-ile-d-anticosti/riviere-saint-jean |publisher=Saumon |access-date=28 September 2024 |language=fr |quote=... 3 fishing sectors and grounds with exclusive rights, namely at the Saint-Jean Pavilion, the Grosses-Roches Pavilion and the Chutes Pavilion}}
To enjoy sport fishing for salmon in a motorized canoe or wade over 27 kilometres, you must contact the river managers, the Association de protection de la rivière Saint-Jean and the Pourvoirie de la Haute Saint-Jean enr, non-profit associations (with exclusive rights).
According to Québec Saumon,{{cite web |title=Saumon Québec (FQSA) |url=https://www.saumonquebec.com/ |publisher=Quebec Atlantic Salmon Federation (FQSA) |access-date=28 September 2024 |language=fr |date=2024 |quote=Saumon Québec is the media brand powered by the FQSA to promote its mission, particularly with regard to the development of sport fishing.}} each season on Saint-Jean River, the salmon runs can reach 6,000 salmon weighing
between 4 and 10 kilos. In some areas, several salmon weighing more than 10 kilos have been recorded in recent years.
The Dictionary of rivers and lakes of the province of Quebec (1914),{{cite web |author1=Rouillard, Eugène |title=Dictionary of rivers and lakes of the province of Quebec |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedesr00qu/page/91/mode/1up |website=Internet Archive |publisher=Quebec Department of Lands and Forests, Quebec |access-date=23 September 2024 |pages=91 of 432 |language=fr |date=1914 |quote=This stream is rather difficult to ascend, being intersected as it is by a series of falls and rapids, from its mouth to a distance of about thirty-four miles upstream.}} mentioned that the Robin House has a large cod fishing establishment in Magpie Village in 1870.{{cite web |author1=Martin Mimeault, master's student in history at Laval University |title=The diffusion of the fisheries exploitation model of Charles Robin and Company in Gaspésie in the 19th century |url=https://semaphore.uqar.ca/id/eprint/2608/1/Mod%C3%A8le%20d%27exploitation%20des%20p%C3%AAches%20de%20la%20Charles%20Robin%20and%20Company%20-Gasp%C3%A9sie%28XIXe%29.pdf |publisher=University Laval |access-date=6 October 2024 |pages=7 |language=fr |date=15 June 2021 |quote=Robin created counters in Paspébiac and Percé in 1783, then to Grande-Rivière in 1833, Caraquet in 1839, in Newport in 1854 as well as in Magpie and Natashquan in 1870, Côte-Nord}}
Demographics
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{{Historical populations
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| source = Statistics Canada1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
| 1966 |732
| 1971 |603
| 1976 |537
| 1981 |537
| 1986 |456
| 1991 |317
| 1996 |319
| 2001 |287
| 2006 |260
| 2011 |239
| 2016 |215
| 2021 |227
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{{Canada census
|location = Rivière-Saint-Jean
|2021_population=227 | 2021_pop_delta=+5.6 | 2021_land_area=513.36 | 2021_pop_density=0.4
|2021_median_age=58.0 | 2021_median_age_m=59.6 | 2021_median_age_f=56.0
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=169 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=121 | 2021_mean_hh_income=.n/a | 2021_access_date=2024-05-31
|2016_population=215 | 2016_pop_delta=-10.0 | 2016_land_area=522.92 | 2016_pop_density=0.4
|2016_median_age=55.2 | 2016_median_age_m=56.0 | 2016_median_age_f=53.8
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=151 |2016_mean_hh_income=62,208 | 2016_access_date=2022-07-14
|2011_population=239 | 2011_pop_delta=-8.1 | 2011_land_area=522.57 | 2011_pop_density=0.5
|2011_median_age=50.1 | 2011_median_age_m=50.3 | 2011_median_age_f=49.8
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=150 | 2011_mean_hh_income=.N/A | 2011_access_date=2014-02-03
|2006_population=260 | 2006_pop_delta=-9.4 | 2006_land_area=522.57 | 2006_pop_density=0.5
|2006_median_age=48.8 | 2006_median_age_m=48.8 | 2006_median_age_f=48.8
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=146 | 2006_mean_hh_income=29,727 | 2006_access_date=2012-05-07
|2001_population=287 | 2001_pop_delta=-10.0 | 2001_land_area=522.58 | 2001_pop_density=0.5
|2001_median_age=41.8 | 2001_median_age_m=42.0 | 2001_median_age_f=41.8
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=153 | 2001_mean_hh_income=41,961 | 2001_access_date=2012-05-07
|notes= 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
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See also
References
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External links
File:Life Cycle of Atlantic Salmon.svg]]
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- Sport fishing, [https://www.quebec.ca/en/tourism-and-recreation/sporting-and-outdoor-activities/sport-fishing learn the current regulations on sport fishing in Québec].
- [https://www.tides.gc.ca/en/stations/2780 Tide table], Sept-Îles - 02780 Station
- [https://www.quebec.ca/en/tourism-and-recreation/sporting-and-outdoor-activities/purchasing-hunting-fishing-trapping-licence Purchasing a hunting, fishing or trapping licence at a sales outlet] Quebec
- Top-of-the-range fishing on a breathtaking river: [https://www.hautesaintjean.com/ Pourvoirie de la Haute Saint-Jean] (Non-profit association)
- [https://saumongaspe.com/images/Upload/Files/histoire-du-pavillon-st-jean.pdf The unique history of the Saint-Jean Pavilion], fishing camp on the St. Jean River, travel journal july 1873 (French)
- {{Official website}}
- Magpie village geolocation {{Coord|50|18|37|N|64|29|37|W|display=inline|region:CA-QC}}
- [https://data2.archives.ca/e/e448/e011188231-01.pdf Rapport de la Commission royale sur les Peuples autochtones], Affaires indiennes et du Nord Canada, Novembre 1996, pp. 1005 (French)
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Rivière-Saint-Jean
| North = Lac-Jérôme
| East = Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan
| South = Gulf of St. Lawrence (Jacques Cartier Strait)
L'Île-d'Anticosti
| West = Rivière-au-Tonnerre
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{{Minganie RCM|state=expanded}}
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