Schefferville

E672107
mining town town

Schefferville is a remote mining town in northern Quebec, Canada, historically known for its iron ore industry and accessible primarily by rail and air.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Schefferville region (historical operations) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mining town ⓘ
town ⓘ
airport Schefferville Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaCode 418 ⓘ
581 ⓘ
averageJanuaryTemperature below −20 °C ⓘ
averageJulyTemperature around 12 °C ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage English ⓘ
Innu-aimun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naskapi NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 1,300 km northeast of Montreal ⓘ
approximately 500 km north of Sept-Îles ⓘ
economicBase mining ⓘ
public services ⓘ
foundedAs company town ⓘ
governingBodyType Northern village municipality ⓘ
historicalIndustry iron ore mining ⓘ
IATAcode YKL NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporationStatusHistory later reconstituted as a Northern village ⓘ
once dissolved as a town ⓘ
IndigenousPeoples Innu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naskapi NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Labrador Trough NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Quebec ⓘ
minesOperatedBy Iron Ore Company of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
minesOperatedBy New Millennium Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tata Steel Minerals Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Joseph Aldric Ouimet Scheffer NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor iron ore prospector J. A. Scheffer NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyIndigenousCommunities Kawawachikamach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matimekush-Lac John NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage French NERFINISHED ⓘ
oreDeposit high-grade hematite ⓘ
oreType iron ore ⓘ
populationTrend sharp decline after mine closures in the 1980s ⓘ
postalCodePrefix G0G ⓘ
primaryAccessMode air ⓘ
rail ⓘ
province Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayServedBy Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayTerminusOf Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Côte-Nord NERFINISHED ⓘ
roadAccess no permanent road connection to Quebec highway network ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
UTCoffsetDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
UTCoffsetStandard UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Côte-Nord region of Quebec → hasCity → Schefferville ⓘ
subject surface form: Côte-Nord
Iron Ore Company of Canada → locatedInMiningDistrict → Schefferville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schefferville region (historical operations)
Duplessis → placeOfDeath → Schefferville ⓘ
subject surface form: Maurice Duplessis