Official Name: | Clarke City |
Native Name: | (Paushtiku) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Côte-Nord |
Subdivision Type3: | Regional county |
Subdivision Name3: | Sept-Rivières |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Sept-Îles |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 50.1917°N -104°W |
Clarke City, called Paushtiku in the Innu language,[1] is a community in the City of Sept-Îles, in the Quebec region of Côte-Nord. It is located roughly 20 kilometers west of the Sept-Îles city centre, 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.[2] [3] Also that year, the registers of the Saint-Cœur-de-Marie Parish began, counting some 400 persons in Clarke City.[4]
The city was amalgamated into the city of Sept-Îles in 1970 and it is now a sector in the western part of Sept-Îles.