Official Name: | Rivière-au-Renard |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Eastern Quebec |
Coordinates: | 48.9917°N -64.3833°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Gaspé |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1856 |
Extinct Title: | Amalgamated |
Extinct Date: | 1971 |
Population Total: | 3000 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Area Code: | 418 |
Rivière-au-Renard is a former municipality in the Gaspé Peninsula, in the province of Quebec, Canada, now part of the Town of Gaspé.
Originally settled in the 1790s by French-Canadian and Irish families, Rivière-au-Renard is located on the banks of a large open bay on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the eastern end of the Gaspé Peninsula. The town was originally populated by immigrants from Ireland, mostly those who remained in the area following the sinking of the Carrick in 1847.[1]
In 1971, this former municipality was amalgamated into the Town of Gaspé.