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{{Short description|Pontbriand River, is located on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord regi}}
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'''Pontbriand River''' is a river located on the north shore of [[the Gulf of St. Lawrence]], in the [[Côte-Nord]] region, [[Minganie Regional County Municipality|Minganie RCM]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]].<ref name="Pontbriand River, toponymy">{{cite web |title=Pontbriand River |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=323513 |website=Quebec Gouvernement |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=14 July 2024 |language=fr |date=13 June 1997 |quote=Former name Ruisseau Kapminau (River)}}</ref>


==Toponymy==
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'''Pontbriand River''', is located on the north shore of [[the Gulf of St. Lawrence]], in the [[Côte-Nord]] region, [[Minganie Regional County Municipality|Minganie RCM]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]].<ref name="Pontbriand River - toponymy">{{cite web |title=Pontbriand River - toponymy |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baie-Johan-Beetz&action=edit&section=2 |website=Quebec Gouvernement |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=1 July 2024 |language=fr |date=13 June 1997 |quote=It receives the waters of Lake Caron and flows into Pontbriand Bay, hence its name.}}</ref>
Kapminau<ref name="Innu knowledge relating to Unaman-shipu - Kapminau">{{cite web |author1=Daniel Clément |title=Innu knowledge relating to Unaman-shipu - Kapminau |url=https://archives.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%20Romaine/documents/PR8.6/PR8.6.pdf |publisher=Hydro-Quebec Equipement |access-date=15 July 2024 |pages=134 of 265 |language=fr |date=2007 |quote=… Kapminau (Canadian titmouse), Pitshikeshkeshish (Chestnut-capped chickadee), Shakuaikanish (Bank swallow; Tree swallow).}}</ref> the old name of the river, designating small birds in [[Innu]] language, of which:<br>
* [[Canada jay|Perisoreus canadensis]]. — Mésangeai du Canada, Geai du Canada, Geai gris. — (Canada Jay, Canada Jay, Gray Jay, Canada Jay, Gray Jay, Gray Jay, Camp Robber or Whiskey Jack).

The actual name of the River, the Bay and the Pontbriand Lookout recalls Claude de Pontbriand, a member of [[Jacques Cartier]]'s crew, during his second voyage in 1535.<ref name="Baie Pontbriand - toponymy">{{cite web |title=Baie Pontbriand - toponymy |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=50471 |website=Quebec Gouvernement |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=15 July 2024 |language=fr |date=18 May 1934 |quote=The toponym Baie Pontbriand was adopted on 1934, replacing that of Baie Washatnagunashka.}}</ref> The Pontbriand River lookout offers a parking area, an access trail to the lookout, rest and observation areas, picnic tables, etc.<ref name="Rest areas of Quebec by region and by road" /><ref name="Sites proposed for the establishment of lookouts, Route 138 – Havre-Saint-Pierre at the Pashashibou River">{{cite web |author1=Fabien Lecours, landscape architect, project manager |author2=Yves Bédard, biologist |author3=Robert Langlois, urban planner |author4=François Morneau, geomorphologist |author5=Denis Roy, archaeologist |title=Sites proposed for the establishment of lookouts, Route 138 – Havre-Saint-Pierre at the Pashashibou River |url=http://www.bv.transports.gouv.qc.ca/mono/1181430.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Transport Quebec, Environmental Service |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=fr |date=March 1989 |quote=,,, the presence of several exceptional attractions in edge of this road encourages observation}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" caption="Pontbriand: River - Bay - Lookout">
File:Baie Johan Beetz 015.jpg|Sign on [[Quebec Route 138#The Whale Route|The Whale Road (Route 138)]]
File:Baie Johan Beetz 012.jpg|River,<ref name="Pontbriand River, toponymy" /><ref name="Watshishou - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Canada - map" /> rocky outcrop of the [[Canadian Shield]]
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File:Baie Johan Beetz 021.jpg|Bay<ref name="Baie Pontbriand - toponymy" /> in Gulf of St. Lawrence
File:Baie Johan Beetz 009.jpg|Lookout,<ref name="Rest areas of Quebec by region and by road">{{cite web |title=Rest areas of Quebec by region and by road |url=https://www.quebec511.info/en/Diffusion/Haltes/Default.aspx |publisher=Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Quebec |access-date=16 July 2024 |date=2024 |quote=Lookouts Rest Areas with or without services. They include a parking area and typically offer an exceptional view of the surrounding landscape.}}</ref> [[picnic]] and rest area on Route 138
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== Territory==
The Pontbriand river flows through the territories of the municipalities of [[Baie-Johan-Beetz]] and [[Aguanish, Quebec|Aguanish]], for approximately 15 km.<ref name="Pontbriand River, toponymy" />


==Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary==
==Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary==
The [[Watshishou_Migratory_Bird_Sanctuary|Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary]]<ref name="Watshishou - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Canada - map">{{cite web |title=Watshishou - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Canada - map |url=https://www.ibacanada.ca/maps/sites/QC072.pdf |website=IBA Birdlife |publisher=Cartographic production by Bird Studies Canada |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=March 2017 |quote=The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by Bird Life International}}</ref> includes Pontbriand, Jalobert<ref name="Jalobert Bay - toponymy">{{cite web |title=Jalobert Bay - toponymy |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=30650 |website=Quebec Gouvernement |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=1 July 2024 |language=fr |date=5 December 1968 |quote=Its name recalls the memory of Macé Jalobert, brother-in-law of Jacques Cartier, who accompanied the latter during his voyage of 1535-1536, as pilot and captain of the Petite Hermine.}}</ref> and [[Pashashibou River|Pashashibou]] bays, all islands, islets and emerging rocks in the area, as well as the offshore waters over a distance of several kilometers from the coast. In fact, the waters cover almost 90% of the refuge's surface area. Vegetation is limited to a few species of [[moss]] and [[Lichen|lichens]], because the terrestrial part of the refuge is mainly made up of [[Outcrop|rocky outcrops]].<ref name="Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary">{{cite web |title=Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/migratory-bird-sanctuaries/locations/watshishou.html#toc1 |website=Gouvernement of Canada |publisher=Environment and natural resources |access-date=1 July 2024 |date=3 April 2024 |quote=Double-crested cormorant, great black-backed gull, ring-billed gull, common tern, arctic tern, black guillemot, common loon, American black duck, red-breasted merganser, white-winged scoter, surf scoter, black scoter, semipalmated sandpiper and ruddy turnstone}}</ref><ref name="Migratory bird sanctuaries across Canada - Quebec">{{cite web |title=Migratory bird sanctuaries across Canada - Quebec |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/migratory-bird-sanctuaries/locations.html#qc |website=Gouvernement of Canada |publisher=Environment and natural resources |access-date=1 July 2024 |date=3 April 2024 |quote=The Watshishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary, located in Minganie, on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was established in 1925 to protect seabird colonies in this important nesting area.}}</ref>
The [[Watshishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary|Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary]]<ref name="Watshishou - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Canada - map">{{cite web |title=Watshishou - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Canada - map |url=https://www.ibacanada.ca/maps/sites/QC072.pdf |website=IBA Birdlife |publisher=Cartographic production by Bird Studies Canada |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=March 2017 |quote=The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by Bird Life International}}</ref> includes Pontbriand, Jalobert<ref name="Jalobert Bay - toponymy">{{cite web |title=Jalobert Bay - toponymy |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=30650 |website=Quebec Gouvernement |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=1 July 2024 |language=fr |date=5 December 1968 |quote=Its name recalls the memory of Macé Jalobert, brother-in-law of Jacques Cartier, who accompanied the latter during his voyage of 1535-1536, as pilot and captain of the Petite Hermine.}}</ref> and [[Pashashibou River|Pashashibou]] bays, all islands, islets and emerging rocks in the area, as well as the offshore waters over a distance of several kilometers from the coast. In fact, the waters cover almost 90% of the refuge's surface area. Vegetation is limited to a few species of [[moss]] and [[Lichen|lichens]], because the terrestrial part of the refuge is mainly made up of [[Outcrop|rocky outcrops]].<ref name="Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary">{{cite web |title=Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/migratory-bird-sanctuaries/locations/watshishou.html#toc1 |website=Gouvernement of Canada |publisher=Environment and natural resources |access-date=1 July 2024 |date=3 April 2024 |quote=Double-crested cormorant, great black-backed gull, ring-billed gull, common tern, arctic tern, black guillemot, common loon, American black duck, red-breasted merganser, white-winged scoter, surf scoter, black scoter, semipalmated sandpiper and ruddy turnstone}}</ref><ref name="Migratory bird sanctuaries across Canada - Quebec">{{cite web |title=Migratory bird sanctuaries across Canada - Quebec |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/migratory-bird-sanctuaries/locations.html#qc |website=Gouvernement of Canada |publisher=Environment and natural resources |access-date=1 July 2024 |date=3 April 2024 |quote=The Watshishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary, located in Minganie, on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was established in 1925 to protect seabird colonies in this important nesting area.}}</ref>


<gallery mode="packed" caption="Overview of Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary">
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Overview of Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary">
File:Baie Johan Beetz 012.jpg|Pontbriand River,<ref name="Pontbriand River - toponymy" /><ref name="Watshishou - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Canada - map" /> rocky outcrop of the [[Canadian Shield]]
File:Baie Johan Beetz 017.jpg|Mouth of the Pontbriand River, in Pontbriand Bay, in [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]]
File:Baie Johan Beetz 013.jpg|Mouth of the Pontbriand River, some 20 km east in [[Baie-Johan-Beetz]] (Municipality)
File:Baie Johan Beetz 013.jpg|Mouth of the Pontbriand River, some 20 km east in [[Baie-Johan-Beetz]] (Municipality)
File:Baie Johan Beetz 014.jpg|Mouth of the Pontbriand River and rest area from the bridge on Route 138
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File:Baie Johan Beetz 017.jpg|Mouth of the Pontbriand River, in Pontbriand Bay, in [[Gulf of St. Lawrence|Gulf of St. Lawrence]]
File:Baie Johan Beetz 021.jpg|Pontbriand Bay<ref name="Pontbriand Bay - Toponymy">{{cite web |title=Pontbriand Bay - Toponymy |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=50471 |website=Gouvernement of Quebec |publisher=Commission Toponymy Quebec |access-date=4 July 2024 |language=fr |date=5 December 1968 |quote=Recalls the memory of Claude de Pontbriand, son of the lord of Montcevelles and cupbearer of the Dauphin, member of Jacques Cartier's crew during his second voyage to Canada, in 1535}}</ref> in Gulf of St. Lawrence
</gallery>
</gallery>


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 04:10, 26 July 2024

Pontbriand River
Former name Ruisseau Kapminau
Flows on the rock of Canadian shield, from Route 138
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMMinganie
MunicipalitiesBaie-Johan-Beetz and Aguanish
Physical characteristics
MouthGulf of St. Lawrence
Length15 kilometres (9.3 mi)

Pontbriand River is a river located on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.[1]

Toponymy

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Kapminau[2] the old name of the river, designating small birds in Innu language, of which:

  • Perisoreus canadensis. — Mésangeai du Canada, Geai du Canada, Geai gris. — (Canada Jay, Canada Jay, Gray Jay, Canada Jay, Gray Jay, Gray Jay, Camp Robber or Whiskey Jack).

The actual name of the River, the Bay and the Pontbriand Lookout recalls Claude de Pontbriand, a member of Jacques Cartier's crew, during his second voyage in 1535.[3] The Pontbriand River lookout offers a parking area, an access trail to the lookout, rest and observation areas, picnic tables, etc.[4][5]

Territory

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The Pontbriand river flows through the territories of the municipalities of Baie-Johan-Beetz and Aguanish, for approximately 15 km.[1]

Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary

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The Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary[6] includes Pontbriand, Jalobert[7] and Pashashibou bays, all islands, islets and emerging rocks in the area, as well as the offshore waters over a distance of several kilometers from the coast. In fact, the waters cover almost 90% of the refuge's surface area. Vegetation is limited to a few species of moss and lichens, because the terrestrial part of the refuge is mainly made up of rocky outcrops.[8][9]

  • Overview of Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary
  • Mouth of the Pontbriand River, in Pontbriand Bay, in Gulf of St. Lawrence
    Mouth of the Pontbriand River, in Pontbriand Bay, in Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Mouth of the Pontbriand River, some 20 km east in Baie-Johan-Beetz (Municipality)
    Mouth of the Pontbriand River, some 20 km east in Baie-Johan-Beetz (Municipality)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Pontbriand River". Quebec Gouvernement (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 13 June 1997. Retrieved 14 July 2024. Former name Ruisseau Kapminau (River)
  2. ^ Daniel Clément (2007). "Innu knowledge relating to Unaman-shipu - Kapminau" (PDF) (in French). Hydro-Quebec Equipement. pp. 134 of 265. Retrieved 15 July 2024. … Kapminau (Canadian titmouse), Pitshikeshkeshish (Chestnut-capped chickadee), Shakuaikanish (Bank swallow; Tree swallow).
  3. ^ a b "Baie Pontbriand - toponymy". Quebec Gouvernement (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 18 May 1934. Retrieved 15 July 2024. The toponym Baie Pontbriand was adopted on 1934, replacing that of Baie Washatnagunashka.
  4. ^ a b "Rest areas of Quebec by region and by road". Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Quebec. 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024. Lookouts Rest Areas with or without services. They include a parking area and typically offer an exceptional view of the surrounding landscape.
  5. ^ Fabien Lecours, landscape architect, project manager; Yves Bédard, biologist; Robert Langlois, urban planner; François Morneau, geomorphologist; Denis Roy, archaeologist (March 1989). "Sites proposed for the establishment of lookouts, Route 138 – Havre-Saint-Pierre at the Pashashibou River" (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Transport Quebec, Environmental Service. Retrieved 16 July 2024. ,,, the presence of several exceptional attractions in edge of this road encourages observation{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b "Watshishou - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Canada - map" (PDF). IBA Birdlife. Cartographic production by Bird Studies Canada. March 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2024. The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by Bird Life International
  7. ^ "Jalobert Bay - toponymy". Quebec Gouvernement (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 5 December 1968. Retrieved 1 July 2024. Its name recalls the memory of Macé Jalobert, brother-in-law of Jacques Cartier, who accompanied the latter during his voyage of 1535-1536, as pilot and captain of the Petite Hermine.
  8. ^ "Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary". Gouvernement of Canada. Environment and natural resources. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024. Double-crested cormorant, great black-backed gull, ring-billed gull, common tern, arctic tern, black guillemot, common loon, American black duck, red-breasted merganser, white-winged scoter, surf scoter, black scoter, semipalmated sandpiper and ruddy turnstone
  9. ^ "Migratory bird sanctuaries across Canada - Quebec". Gouvernement of Canada. Environment and natural resources. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024. The Watshishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary, located in Minganie, on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was established in 1925 to protect seabird colonies in this important nesting area.
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