Matane

Matane is a town on the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River. The town is the seat for the La Matanie Regional County Municipality. Notwithstanding Matane itself, the town's region likewise incorporates the networks of Petit-Matane and Saint-Luc-de-Matane. There is a ship benefit which crosses the waterway to Baie-Comeau and Godbout on the north shore and also a rail ship administration to Baie-Comeau and Sept-lles. The name Matane was first relegated to the waterway by Samuel de Champlain as "Mantanne" in 1603.

Its significance is available to ious understandings, with the most widely recognized one being that it originates from the Mi'kmaq word mtctan signifying "beaver lake", since the area had a bottomless beaver populace. It could likewise come a Maliseet word for "spinal line", alluding to the course of the Matane River; or from the word Mattawa, Matawin, signifying "meeting of the waters". At long last, it could be a shortened form of the word matandipives, signifying "wreck". Since Matane is the initial step to Gaspe's visitor circuit it gets and suits many passing sightseers. The old beacon of Matane was changed into a visitor data focus with an all encompassing perspective of its environment.