Longue Pointe (French for "Long Point") is a place located in northern

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

, Canada. It is part of the Cree Nation of Chisasibi Category I Land (land for exclusive use by Cree) but has no permanent population. It is used by both Cree and

Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, ...

natives as a harbour for their fishing boats. It is among the furthest northern point reached by road in Quebec, extending from the

James Bay Road The James Bay Road (french: Route de la Baie James), officially the Route Billy-Diamond Highway, is a remote wilderness highway winding its way through the Canadian Shield in northwestern Quebec and reaches into the James Bay region. It starts in ...

(north of the Grand River). Only the

Trans-Taiga Road The Trans-Taiga Road (french: Route Transtaïga) is an extremely remote wilderness road in northern Quebec, Canada. It is long to Centrale Brisay and another along the Caniapiscau Reservoir, all of it unpaved. Description The road's northeast ...

extends farther to the north.

Location

Longue Pointe is about north-west from Chisasibi on

James Bay James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...

, and located on the border of Quebec and Nunavut Territory.https://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=53.974641,-79.079053&spn=0.008771,0.019011&t=h&z=16&lci=lmc:wikipedia_en It is accessible by a gravel road from

Hydro-Québec Hydro-Québec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States. It was established by th ...

La Grande-1 generating station The La Grande-1 (LG-1) is a hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. The station can generate 1,436 MW and was commissioned in 1994–1995. A run of the river generating station, ...

, on the Grand River. The area overlooks

(about south from where it joins

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...

). Early European fur traders frequented these parts, around the start of the

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trade, fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake b ...

Image gallery

Image:La_Grande-1_Quebec_Hydro.jpg, La Grande-1 hydroelectric generating station Image:Sign_showing_distance_to_Longue_Pointe.jpg, Sign showing distance to Longue Pointe Image:Longue_Pointe_Road.jpg, A portion of Longue Pointe Road Image:Longue_Pointe_at_James_Bay_-__with_Hudson_Bay_in_Background.jpg, Longue Pointe, on James Bay Image:Longue_Pointe_-_James_Bay_in_Background.jpg, Longue Pointe, on James Bay (with James Bay in background) Image:Canoe_rentals_at_Longue_Pointe.jpg, Canoe rentals at Longue Pointe Image:Longue_Pointe_office.jpg, Canoe rental office at Longue Pointe Image:Cree_homes_located_along_Longue_Pointe_Road.jpg, Cree homes, located along the Longue Pointe Road

External links

*Longe Pointe on Google Maps
James Bay Road Website

References

James Bay Peninsulas of Quebec Indian reserves in Quebec Borders of Quebec Borders of Nunavut Landforms of Nord-du-Québec {{quebec-geo-stub