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Port Daniel–Gascons

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Country
  
Canada

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Area code(s)
  
418 and 581

Area
  
332 km²

Province
  
Québec

Constituted
  
January 17, 2001

Postal code(s)
  
G0C 2N0

Highways
  
Route 132

Population
  
2,453 (2011)

Local time
  
Friday 8:47 AM

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Weather
  
-9°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 57% Humidity

RCMs
  
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality

Port-Daniel–Gascons is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

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Map of Port-Daniel, QC, Canada

The municipality includes the communities of Marcil, Clemville, Port-Daniel, and Gascons. It was formed on January 17, 2001, through the merger of the Municipality of Port-Daniel and the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Germaine-de-l'Anse-aux-Gascons.

Traffic connections

Port Daniel is no longer easily accessible by train due to track closures until local bridges are prepared although the train station is close to the city hall.

Notable natives

  • Édouard Gagnon (1918 – 2007), a Canadian Roman Catholic Cardinal
  • Hazel McCallion (born 1921), former mayor of Mississauga, Ontario
  • References

    Port-Daniel–Gascons Wikipedia