| Havre-Saint-Pierre is a town located on Pointe-aux-Esquimaux, which is on the Quebec north shore (Côte-Nord) of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. Historically, the town's first inhabitants came from the Magdalen Islands in the nineteenth century. As a result, the people of the town speak a dialect much more closely related to Acadian French than to Quebec French.
Havre-Saint-Pierre is the largest town just west the eastern terminus of Route 138 in Natashquan. There are no known plans to further extend the highway to eventually reach the Labrador border near the Quebec village of Blanc-Sablon, from which an existing road extends west to Vieux-Fort.
Havre-Saint-Pierre is important due its position in the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, a park encompassing a large number of islands in Mingan Archipelago of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and noted for the unique variety of flora and fauna to be found there, such as puffins and the rare Mingan Thistle, as well as the unique geological features on many of the islands referred to as monoliths.
Havre-Saint-Pierre is also located near Canada's only titanium mine, for which the town serves as a port.
Other important geological features near the town include the Romaine River to the north and west, les Chutes Manitou, on the Manitou River to the west, l'Ile du Havre, less than a kilometre offshore from the town, and Anticosti Island, which on clear days can be seen to the south of the town.
The town is also noted for the excellent fishing, being made up largely of snow crab, scallops, and lobster, with excellent salmon and trout to be found in the numerous rivers and lakes.
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