Grosses Roches Area, Matane Electoral District P
RP 339(A) PRELIMINARY REPORT ON STE-FELICITE - GROSSES ROCHES AREA, MATANE ELECTORAL DISTRICT P. R. NO. 339 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. CANADA DEPARTMENT OF MINES HON, W. M. COTTINGHAM. MINISTER A-O. DUFRESNE. DEPUTY MINISTER GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS BRANCH E W. JONES, CHIEF PRELIMINARY REPORT ON STE-FÉLICITÉ-GROSSES ROCHES AREA MATANE ELECTORAL DISTRICT BY JACQUES BÉLAND QUEBEC 1957 P- R. NO. 339 M-0-4298 PRELIMINARY REPORT on the Ste. Félicité-Grosses Roches Area Matane Electoral District by Jacques Béland INTRODUCTION The Ste. Félicité-Grosses Roches Area, which was mapped by the writ- er during the summer of 1956, is in northwestern Gaspé Peninsula. It is bounded on the north by the St. Lawrence river, on the south by latitude 48945`, and on the east and west by longitudes 67°00" and 67°30`.. The west boundary passes one mile east of Matane. The area covers a surface of about 280 square miles and in- cludes parts of Dalibaire, Cherbourg, Leclercq, Cuoq, St, Denis and Tessier town- ships and part of Matane Seigniory. It is fairly well settled except in the southeast, which is under forestry concessions to Hammermill Paper Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Price Brothers of Quebec. The principal settlements are, from west to east along the shore, Petite Matane, Ste. Félicité, and Grosses Roches; and, inland, St. Luc St. Adelme, St. Jean de Cherbourg, and St, Thomas. Access to practically any point in the region is provided by a network of good gravel roads which joins Provincial Route No. 6 at various points along the shore. A power line con- structed a few years ago crosses the northern part of the area, Physiography Physiographically, the area can be divided into three units, from south to north: a mountain range, a dissected plateau, and a coastal plain,.
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