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Baie-Comeau is the hometown of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. It is a small town located approximately 420 kilometers north-east of Quebec City in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Québec, Canada. Its population was of 23,079 at the 2001 census.

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Baie-Comeau is located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River and of the Manicouagan River, which is home to several hydroelectric dams. The most important Manicouagan hydroelectric dam is Manic 5 located about 215 kilometers north of Baie-Comeau. Those dams are owned by Hydro-Québec and they create the Manicouagan Reservoir. The town was named after Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau, a local naturalist and was founded in 1936 by Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the publisher of the Chicago Tribune. The region is a major center of lumbering for the pulp and paper industry.

In June 1982, Baie-Comeau was merged with the small town of Hauterive located about 6 kilometers west of Baie-Comeau. The eastern sector of Baie-Comeau is now known as Marquette, while the western sector of Baie-Comeau is entitled Mingan.

The town is located on Quebec route 138 about 100 kilometers east of Forestville and about 230 kilometers west of Sept-îles. A ferry service also links the town to Matane on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The town is also connected to Quebec route 389, which leads to Manic 5, the town of Fermont, and the region of Labrador, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Baie-Comeau city council consists of the mayor of Baie-Comeau and eight elected city councilors, four from each of the two sectors of town.

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Baie-Comeau is home to several French language public elementary schools, two French language public high schools, one French language private high school, and one English language public school that includes both the elementary and high school level of education.

The town is also home to one French language CEGEP called the CEGEP de Baie-Comeau.

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The 1993 Quebec Winter Games were played in Baie-Comeau.

Many different sports are played in Baie-Comeau. The town offers many different spaces for a variety of sports. This section introduces some of them.

Baie-Comeau is home to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, an ice hockey team playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League since 1997. They play in the Centre Henry-Leonard located in the eastern sector of the town.

is the alpine ski centre located a few kilometers north of the town. It offers twelve slopes. Cross-country skiing is also popular.

An 18 hole golf course is available un the western sector of the town. It is a semi-private golf club and is open for most of the summer.

The two major high schools of the city each offer an indoor swimming pool. They are open to the public year round. Two outdoor swimming pools are also available to the public. These are open from the end of June until the end of August each summer.

A beach is also available in the summer. It is called b

Several outdoor tennis courts are available to be used by anyone in the different parks across town. They are open for most of the summer.