Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon is an unconstituted locality (as defined by Statistics Canada in the Canada 2011 Census) within the municipality of Blanc-Sablon in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada.Jacques Cartier landed at the place in 1534 and set up a cross near the current site of Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon. The name was known before the Jacques Cartier's explorations. In his accounts of the 1534 voyage, he cites three times Blanc-Sablon, without any explanation. Sablon is an old French term meaning Fine Sand. In 1858, the Mission of Longue-Pointe-de-Blanc-Sablon was established and took the name Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon or Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes at the end of 19th century.Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon (51°24′41″N 57°12′11″W) is the largest of three communities forming the municipality of Blanc-Sablon (Blanc-Sablon, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, and Brador Bay), and is located on the headland that separates Brador Bay from Blanc-Sablon Bay. It was originally known as Longue-Pointe (Long Point) until the beginning of the 20th century. It has a small natural harbour, and long depended on the fishing business.Its population in the 2011 census was 828."@en }
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- Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon,_Quebec abstract "Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon is an unconstituted locality (as defined by Statistics Canada in the Canada 2011 Census) within the municipality of Blanc-Sablon in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada.Jacques Cartier landed at the place in 1534 and set up a cross near the current site of Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon. The name was known before the Jacques Cartier's explorations. In his accounts of the 1534 voyage, he cites three times Blanc-Sablon, without any explanation. Sablon is an old French term meaning Fine Sand. In 1858, the Mission of Longue-Pointe-de-Blanc-Sablon was established and took the name Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon or Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes at the end of 19th century.Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon (51°24′41″N 57°12′11″W) is the largest of three communities forming the municipality of Blanc-Sablon (Blanc-Sablon, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, and Brador Bay), and is located on the headland that separates Brador Bay from Blanc-Sablon Bay. It was originally known as Longue-Pointe (Long Point) until the beginning of the 20th century. It has a small natural harbour, and long depended on the fishing business.Its population in the 2011 census was 828.".