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Because of its untamed wilderness and abundant wildlife, Anticosti Island is known for its hunting, fishing and outdoor opportunities and it attracts some 3,000 to 4,000 hunters per year. [ 33 ] Most of Anticosti Island (4,213 km 2 or 1,627 sq mi) is under management by Sépaq Anticosti, a division of the provincial parks and wildlife reserves ...
Anticosti National Park (French (official): Parc National d'Anticosti) is a provincial park of Quebec, located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [2] [3] It consists of 3 non-contiguous areas totalling 572 square kilometres (221 sq mi) of land in the centre of Anticosti Island. Portions of the park are within Anticosti World Heritage site.
Port-Menier, Quebec (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ mənje]) is a fishing town at the western end of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Anticosti municipality. The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Menier. The village is the hub of Anticosti Island.
The waters of and beyond the Mingan archipelago are the hunting grounds of the cetaceans attracted by the huge shoals of plankton and fish that abound in the cold waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Lagenorhynchus acutus. -Dauphin à nez blanc. -White-beaked dolphin; Phocoena phocoena. -Marsouin commun. -Harbor Porpoise; Balaenoptera ...
The Rats River flows on the east side of Gand lac Salé, Petit lac Salé, Baie des Sables and the Côte de la Grande Traversée, on the south shore of Anticosti Island, in the gulf of Saint Lawrence. This confluence is located at: 3.4 km (2.1 mi) west of Pointe des Morts; 5.4 km (3.4 mi) west of the mouth of the Chicotte River;
As for significant islands the Gulf of St. Lawrence contains Anticosti Island, Prince Edward Island, Îles-de-la-Madeleine archipelago, Cape Breton Island, Saint Pierre Island, and Miquelon-Langlade. Half of the ten provinces of Canada adjoin the Gulf: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec.
The Rivière aux Plats drains into a small bay on the south shore of Anticosti Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the west side of Cap des Caps. This confluence is located 8.0 km (5.0 mi) west of the mouth of the Pavillon River , 3.0 km (1.9 mi) east of the mouth from the Chicotte River and at 118.4 km (73.6 mi) east of the center of the ...
Rivière Bell Aerodrome (TC LID: CRB5) is located on the south-western shore of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. References This page was last edited on 16 ...