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Pointe-Noire, Quebec

Coordinates: 50°9′29″N 66°29′13″W / 50.15806°N 66.48694°W / 50.15806; -66.48694
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Pointe-Noire (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t nwaʁ]) is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Quebec.[1] It is within the city of Sept-Îles in the Sept-Rivières regional county municipality and the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec.[2]

It is a shipping port and a terminal of the Chemin de fer Arnaud railway.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pointe-Noire". Atlas of Canada. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  2. ^ "Pointe-Noire". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  3. ^ Lee, John M. (May 17, 1965). "New Mining Town Digs In for the Summer; Newfoundland Rock Yielding Glittering Ores of Iron". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-24.

50°9′29″N 66°29′13″W / 50.15806°N 66.48694°W / 50.15806; -66.48694