Clarke City, Quebec

Clarke City
Coordinates: 50°11.5′N 66°38′W / 50.1917°N 66.633°WCoordinates: 50°11.5′N 66°38′W / 50.1917°N 66.633°W
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
Regional county Sept-Rivières
Municipality Sept-Îles
Time zone EST (UTC-5)

Clarke City is a town in the Quebec region of Côte-Nord, located roughly thirty kilometers west of Sept-Îles, on the Sainte-Marguerite River near Route 138. The name of the town originated from the Clarke brothers who established a paper mill there in 1903 to feed their publication house in Toronto. They also built a hydroelectric factory in 1908 and that year, the village was officially founded as the region's first closed city.[1][2] Also that year, the registers of the Saint-Cœur-de-Marie Parish began, counting some 400 persons in Clarke City.[3]

The city was amalgamated into the city of Sept-Îles in 1970 [1] and it is now a sector in the western part of Sept-Îles.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grandquebec.com: Clarke City
  2. ↑ Bonjourquebec.com: Centre d'interprétation de Clarke City
  3. ↑ "Clarke City (secteur)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-08-03.