Blanc-Sablon, Quebec is the easternmost community in the province of Quebec, Canada, between the municipalities of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent and L’Anse-au-Clair, in Labrador. With a population of 1,263 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality.
Blanc-Sablon is the eastern terminus of a coastal ferry service operating from Rimouski and Sept-Îles along the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence; this service is subsidized by the government of Quebec. It is also the northern terminus of a ferry service operating across the Strait of Belle Isle between the island of Newfoundland and the province’s mainland territory of Labrador through Quebec.
The ferry, subsidized entirely by the government of Newfoundland and Labrador connects with a southern terminus at St. Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador.It is also accessible by road via Quebec Route 138 from Labrador only, and by scheduled air service through the Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport.
Blanc-Sablon is located on the north coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near the entrance of the Strait of Belle Isle. Two significant bays, Brador and Blanc-Sablon, mark its shores and the headland that separates these bays is dominated by Mont Parent, a 100 meters (330 ft) high flat-topped hill named after Martin Parent who was a local fisherman from the middle of the 19th century.
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