Wikipedia:Blue Sea with a sea of blue

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Blue Sea
Municipality
File:Blue Sea QC.JPG
File:Canada Western Quebec location map.png Western Quebec\|link=Map]] File:Red pog.svg Blue Sea Location in western Quebec .
Coordinates: [//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blue_Sea,_Quebec¶ms=46_12_N_76_05_W_region:CA-QC_type:city(674) 46°12′N 76°05′W / 46.200°N 76.083°W / 46.200; -76.083]Coordinates: [//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blue_Sea,_Quebec¶ms=46_12_N_76_05_W_region:CA-QC_type:city(674) 46°12′N 76°05′W / 46.200°N 76.083°W / 46.200; -76.083]
Country	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Province	File:Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec
Region	Outaouais
RCM	La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Constituted	January 31 , 1921
Government
• Mayor	Laurent Fortin
• Federal riding	Pontiac
• Prov. riding	Gatineau
Area Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: [http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/83045/ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire Blue Sea] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501171504/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/83045/ Archived] 2012 -05-01 at the Wayback MachineStatistics Canada 2011 Census - [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2483045&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Blue%20Sea&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Blue Sea census profile]
• Total	87.70 km² (33.86 sq mi )
• Land	72.96 km² (28.17 sq mi )
Population (2011 )
• Total	674
• Density	9.2 /km² (24 /sq mi )
• Pop (2006–11 )	File:Increase2.svg 10.9 %
• Dwellings	734
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST )
• Summer (DST )	UTC−4 (EDT )
Postal code(s)	J0X 1C0
Area code(s)	819
Website	[http://www.bluesea.ca www.bluesea.ca]

Blue Sea is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec , Canada , and part of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality . It encompasses the southern portion of Blue Sea Lake .

The village of Blue Sea is located at the extreme southern end of Blue Sea Lake , north of the larger city of Gracefield and south of Maniwaki .

[[History]]

The Gauthier , Courchesne , Beaudoin , Lacroix , Tremblay , Fortin and Bénard were among the first European families to settle at the lake since the late nineteenth century . Almost at the same time , led by the construction of railways, the first vacationers established on the shores of the lake as well .[https://web.archive.org/web/20080611091646/http://www.mrcvg.qc.ca/textes/mun-bluesea.shtml "Blue Sea"] (in French ). MRC de La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau . Archived from [http://www.mrcvg.qc.ca/textes/mun-bluesea.shtml the original] on 2008 -06-11. Retrieved 2008 -08-12.

In 1921 , the small location was first called Bouchette-South , then renamed to Blue Sea in 1931 .

With the growth of tourism in the early 1940s , Blue Sea quickly became an attractive destination , which it has remained today .

[[Demographics]]

Population trend :Statistics Canada : 1996 , 2001 , 2006 , 2011 census

• Population in 2011 : 674 (2006 to 2011 Population change : 10.9 %)

• Population in 2006 : 608

• Population in 2001 : 570

• Population in 1996 : 595

• Population in 1991 : 520

Total private dwellings: 734

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 310

Languages :

• English as first language : 6.6 %

• French as first language : 93.4 %

[[Wikipedia:Citing sources|References]]

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[http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=142191 Reference number 142191 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec] (in French )

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[[MOS:See also|See also]]

• Wikipedia:Avoid using wikilinks

[[External link]]s

• [http://bluesealake.ca/ Blue Sea Lake community website]

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080611091646/http://www.mrcvg.qc.ca/textes/mun-bluesea.shtml Blue Sea page at MRC de La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau website]

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