==Etymology== The name Matane was first assigned to the river by Samuel de Champlain as `Mantanne` in 1603. Its meaning is open to different interpretations, with the most common one being that it comes from the Mi`kmaq word mtctan meaning `beaver pond`, since the region had an abundant beaver population. It could also come a Maliseet word fo...
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[electoral district] Matane was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935, and from 1968 to 1979. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Rimouski riding. It consisted of the part of the county of Rimouski east of the Métis River excluding the part of the p...
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[provincial electoral district] Matane is a former provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine regions of Quebec, Canada, that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1890 election from parts of Rimouski. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the...
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city, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, eastern Quebec province, Canada. It lies on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, at the mouth of the Matane ...
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