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Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues

Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues () is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for birdwatching, goose-hunting, and cheeses.

History

In 1831, the local parish was formed, called Saint-Antoine in honour of Anthony of Padua. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues was created, taking its name from the parish and the archipelago.

2010 plane crash

On May 19, 2010, at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.

Geography

Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues includes of the majority of islands in the . Its major islands are:

  • Île aux Grues, largest island and the only one permanently inhabited
  • Île aux Oies, formerly also known by its English name Île Goose
  • Grosse Île, long a quarantine site for immigrants and now a national historic site
  • Île Sainte-Marguerite
  • Île au Canot
  • Île Longue
  • Île à Deux Têtes
  • Île du Cheval
  • Île la Sottise

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Government

List of former mayors:

  • George Painchaud (1867–1869, 1887–1889, 1892–1893)
  • Gatien Lachaîne (1869–1875)
  • Louis Lavoie (1875–1887)
  • Wilfrid Lavoie (1889–1892)
  • Fénélon Vézina (1893–1903)
  • Paul Charles Painchaud (1903–1911, 1920–1929)
  • Joseph Lavoie (1911–1920)
  • Joseph N. Lemieux (1929–1935)
  • Olivier Gagné (1935–1939)
  • Alfred Roy (1939–1945)
  • François-Marcellin Bernier (1945–1947, 1954–1960)
  • Joseph Jean Baptiste Painchaud (1947–1954)
  • Paul-Eugène Lavoie (1960–1977)
  • Gaston Bernier (1977–1978)
  • Gabriel Vézina (1978–1979)
  • Michel Normand (1979–1990)
  • Louise Dion Roy (1990–2003)
  • Jacques-André Roy (2003–2009)
  • Frédéric Poulin (2009–2015, 2023–present)
  • Lisette Vézina Painchaud (2015–2017)
  • Pierre Gariepy (2017–2023)

Transportation

L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.

Education

Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.

See also

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