Public Port of Tête-à-la-Baleine

Tête-à-la-Baleine, QC · Transport Canada · Transport Canada · Gulf of St. Lawrence (Lower North Shore / Basse-Côte-Nord)

Tête-à-la-Baleine is a Transport Canada remote/public port facility on Quebec's Lower North Shore (Basse-Côte-Nord), listed by Transport Canada under the category of remote port facilities that "serve communities where marine transportation is the primary mode of transportation." It is a federally owned wharf serving an isolated francophone community of roughly 100 residents on the Gulf of St. Lawrence that has no road connection to the rest of Quebec. The port is a regular cargo-resupply and passenger call for Relais Nordik's MV Bella Desgagnés, which makes weekly round trips between Rimouski and Blanc-Sablon (April to mid-January) carrying both freight and passengers, with cargo transshipment handled during the stops. The wharf is located about 9 km from the village proper.