12-540: Menier may refer to: Places [ edit ] Port-Menier, Quebec , a small fishing town located in Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada Port-Menier Airport , (IATA: YPN, ICAO: CYPN), located 2.7 nmi (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) east of Port-Menier, Quebec, Canada Chocolate [ edit ] Menier Chocolate , a French chocolate manufacturing business founded in 1816 Menier family of Noisiel, France,
24-416: A sawmill to service the logging operations that harvested softwood timber for building lumber and Wood pulp for the manufacture of paper products. The community was centred on a new cannery business designed to take advantage of the abundant supply of fish and lobsters . The town had its own hospital, school, Roman Catholic church, general store, bank, bakery, hotel, plus homes and rooming houses for
36-726: A succession of logging companies. The village was thereby not much more than a company town and saw little development. In 1974, the Quebec government bought the island and set up a working municipal council in 1984. Ports of the Gulf of St. Lawrence , on the Côte-Nord Shore: Blanc-Sablon , Harrington Harbor , Natashquan , Havre-Saint-Pierre , Mingan , Port-Menier ( Anticosti Island ), Cap-aux-Meules ( Îles-de-la-Madeleine ). Commission scolaire du Littoral operates St-Joseph School (francophone). Port-Menier
48-448: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Port-Menier, Quebec Port-Menier, Quebec is a fishing town at the western end of Anticosti Island , Quebec , Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Anticosti municipality . The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Menier . The village is the hub of Anticosti Island. Its population doubles in
60-526: The Menier family of chocolatiers Henri Menier (1853–1913), French businessman and adventurer, member of the Menier family of chocolatiers Menier Chocolate Factory , a 180-seat fringe studio theatre, restaurant and gallery in a former 1870s Menier Chocolate Company factory in Southwark, London See also [ edit ] Meunier Minier Munier Mounier Topics referred to by
72-400: The island and hoped to set up a seignory that could be self-supporting. He first established a settlement at Bay Sainte-Claire in 1895 but the bay proved too shallow for the large ships he would need. In 1900, he moved the settlement to Ellis Bay and established Port-Menier along the waterfront with a 1,000 metre (1000 yard) wharf . He invested a substantial amount of money to construct
84-528: The north shore of the Saint Lawrence River . This service is operated by Relais Nordik and runs from April through January. The nearby Port-Menier Airport also provides transportation options for the town. In 1680, Louis Jolliet became the first owner and Seigneurial Lord of the entire Anticosti Island. Together with him, the first few settlers arrived on the island. But no significant development took place until 1895 when Henri Menier bought
96-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Menier . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Menier&oldid=1169252744 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
108-520: The summer with seasonal workers and tourists. The economic mainstays are outdoor tourism, especially deer hunting, and forestry/logging. Services available in Port-Menier are: general and grocery stores, gas station, banking (Caisse populaire Desjardins), car rental (Location Sauvageau), restaurant, and lodging. Port-Menier can be reached via a ferry that runs between Sept-Îles , Port-Menier and Havre-Saint-Pierre , as well as other destinations along
120-528: The workers, and a 30-room Scandinavian -style mansion for himself. Once completed, the island was home to 800 permanent residents, most of whom were French Canadians . Residents and businesses obtained supplies from a sailing ship Menier operated between Quebec City and the Gaspé , and obtained coal from the mines at Sydney , Nova Scotia . After Henri Menier's death, the island and the village remained in his family until 1926 after which it became property of
132-473: Was a prominent family of chocolatiers who began as pharmaceutical manufacturers in Paris in 1816 Émile-Justin Menier (1826–1881), French pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician Antoine Brutus Menier (1795–1853), French entrepreneur and founder of the Menier family of chocolatiers Antoine Gilles Menier (1904–1967), French businessman and municipal politician, member of
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#1732772134851144-577: Was featured in the game Assassin's Creed Rogue , released in (2014) by Ubisoft. The game takes place during the French and Indian War , and the Seven Years' War , and features many locations in the North Atlantic. 49°49′N 64°21′W / 49.817°N 64.350°W / 49.817; -64.350 Port-Menier Airport Port-Menier Airport ( IATA : YPN , ICAO : CYPN )
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