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Port-Menier

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Also known as Ellis Bay

225px|thumbnail|right|Port-Menier in 2013 Port-Menier, Quebec () is a town at the south-western end of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Anticosti municipality. The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Menier.

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Locality
L'Île-d'Anticosti
Region
Québec
Country
Canada
Population
177

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225px|thumbnail|right|Port-Menier in 2013 Port-Menier, Quebec () is a town at the south-western end of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Anticosti municipality. The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Menier.

The village is the hub of Anticosti Island. Its population doubles in the summer with seasonal workers and tourists. The economic mainstays are outdoor tourism, especially deer hunting, and forestry/logging. Services available in Port-Menier are: general and grocery stores, gas station, banking (Caisse populaire Desjardins), car rental (Location Sauvageau, STL) two restaurants and bungalow “Les reskapés”. There is one local fisherman who fished for lobster, which is abundant on the island. Some local villagers trap hare. (No dogs are allowed on the island).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port-Menier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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