These communities spread out from Kegaska to Blanc Sablon, a territory of 460 kilometres (285 miles) that is not connected to the Québec Provincial road network.
Bill 41, created the first "unified" school board in the Province of Québec, serving a French, English, and Native population of Catholic and Protestant religion and giving courses from Kindergarten to Secondary inclusively.
[5] The territory of Anticosti Island was added to the Littoral School Board with Bill 48 which was passed on June 18, 1976.
He exercises his powers by means of ordinances, of which a copy is automatically transmitted to the Minister who decides to accept it or to reject it in whole or in part.
The triangle represents Anticosti Island and the motion of the waves, referring to the district's motto: "We extend the horizons of knowledge, against all winds and tides..." The whole forms an "L" for Littoral.