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

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the 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 one of the thirtee ...

, Canada. It is part of the Cree Nation of

Chisasibi Chisasibi ( cr, ᒋᓵᓰᐲ, translit=Cisâsîpî; meaning Great River) is a village on the eastern shore of James Bay, in the Eeyou Istchee equivalent territory (ET) in northern Quebec, Canada. It is situated on the south shore of La Grande R ...

Category I Land (land for exclusive use by Cree) but has no permanent population. It is used by both

Cree The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...

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 (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

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 the ...

's La Grande-1 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 trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business div ...

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