Matimekosh, Quebec
| Matimekosh | ||
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| Coordinates: 54°48′30″N 66°49′25″W / 54.80833°N 66.82361°WCoordinates: 54°48′30″N 66°49′25″W / 54.80833°N 66.82361°W | ||
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 Quebec
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| Region | Côte-Nord | |
| Regional county | None | |
| Settled | 1972 | |
| Formed | 1968 | |
| Government | ||
| • Chief | Réal McKenzie | |
| • Federal riding | Manicouagan | |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis | |
| Area | ||
| • Land | 0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 540 | |
| • Density | 734.1/km2 (1,901/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Postal Code | G0G 2T0 | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
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Matimekosh (or Matimekush, officially Matimekosh 3) is a First Nations reserve on Lake Pearce in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Together with the Lac-John Reserve, it belongs to the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John. It is an enclave in the centre of the Municipality of Schefferville, and geographically within the Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality but administratively not part of it. Matimekosh means "small trout".
Matimekosh is only accessible by airplane via the Schefferville Airport or by train via Tshiuetin Rail Transportation from Sept-Îles. It is serviced by a nursing station, community radio station, library, arena, community centre, and an aboriginal police force, while water, sewer, and fire protection services are provided by the municipality of Schefferville.
The region was regularly visited by Innu indigenous people for hunting and trapping, but they did not permanently reside there. Because of mining development in the early 1950s, some 200 Naskapi from Fort Chimo were relocated to Schefferville in 1955 and settled near the train station in shacks built with scavenged materials. In 1956, a dozen Innu families from Maliotenam, near Sept-Îles, arrived and set up an encampment at Knob Lake, near the present airport. They served as guides for geological exploration work, and helped on the railway construction from Sept-Îles.
In 1957, the Schefferville municipal authorities moved the Innu and Naskapi to a site on John Lake, some four miles north-north-east of Schefferville, where they lived in poverty without water, sewage, electricity, schools, and medical facility. Initially living in tiny shacks, by 1962 Indian and Northern Affairs had built 30 houses for them.
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