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Baie-Johan-Beetz Seaplane Base (SPB) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Baie-Johan-Beetz, Quebec, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°17′01″N 062°48′37″W / 50.28361°N 62.81028°W | ||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] and Transport Canada[2] Environment Canada[3] Movements from Statistics Canada.[4] | |||||||||||
Baie-Johan-Beetz Seaplane Base (SPB) (IATA: YBJ) is located in Baie-Johan-Beetz municipality, located near the mouth of the Piashti River on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.[5]
In 1996, the extension of Route 138 made it possible to connect this municipality to that of Havre-Saint-Pierre, and in doing so, to break its isolation.