Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan
Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan () is a municipality located on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Minganie Regional County Municipality (RCM), Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
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- Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan
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- Rue de la Mer, boardwalk, beach
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- Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec
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- Canada
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- Quebec
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Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan () is a municipality located on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Minganie Regional County Municipality (RCM), Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
== Toponymy == thumb|left|Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan Boardwalk, rue de la Mer The descriptive name Longue-Pointe (French for "Long Point") refers to a long spit of sand west of the village that has had various names through the centuries: first called Longue Pointe on a map of 1735, followed by the English form of Long Point in the late 17th and early 18th century, then Mingan Point on the map of Captain Carver (1776). James Cook and Placide Vigneau called it Pointe de Mingan (1784) and Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan (1857) respectively.