Extension of winter disenclavement service in Lower-North-Shore and Anticosti Island

26 March 2019

The Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) would like to inform the residents of the Lower-North-Shore and Anticosti Island that the air and road winter disenclavement service will be maintained beyond the resumption of the maritime service of MV Bella Desgagnés, scheduled for Monday, April 1st.

The service will be extended as follows:

Service

Dates

Air service – Air Boréalis (from Natashquan)

La Romaine, Chevery, Harrington Harbour, Tête-à-la-Baleine, La Tabatière, Saint-Augustin

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Road service – Groupe Morneau

Kégaska, Rivière-St-Paul, Vieux-Fort, Blanc-Sablon

Week of April 1, 2019
Week of April 8, 2019

Week of April 15, 2019

STQ will notify residents of any further extensions beyond these dates in a timely manner.

Please keep in mind that only perishable goods eligible under the Nutrition North Canada program are transported by the road and air disenclavement service and that orders must be placed by 4.00 p.m. on Thursdays for air or road delivery the following week.