Anticosti - Landsat photo

Anticosti Island (French, l'Île d'Anticosti) is a rocky, forest covered island at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada, between 49° and 50° N., and between 61° 40' and 64° 30' W.. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1062x588, 79 KB) Anticosti island - Landsat satellite photo (circa 2000) Generated via: [1] from NASA data File links The following pages link to this file: Anticosti Island ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1062x588, 79 KB) Anticosti island - Landsat satellite photo (circa 2000) Generated via: [1] from NASA data File links The following pages link to this file: Anticosti Island ... The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acqusition of imagery of Earth from space. ... The Saint Lawrence River (French: fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the worlds hugest estuary, is the outlet of North Americas Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. ... The first European explorer to reach Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ...

It is separated on the north from the Côte-Nord region of Quebec (the Labrador Peninsula) by the Jacques Cartier Strait and on the south from the Gaspé Peninsula by the Honguedo Strait. Map of Cote-Nord in relation to Quebec Côte-Nord (literaly Northern Coast) is the second largest (235,742 km², 17%) region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Quebec. ... Labrador Peninsula, Canada Labrador Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Canada. ... The Jacques Cartier Strait (French Détroit de Jacques-Cartier) is a strait in eastern North America. ... The Gaspé Peninsula or just the Gaspé (la Gaspésie in French) is a North American peninsula on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec. ... The Honguedo Strait (Fr. ...

It is very large (217 km long and 16-48 km wide - larger than the province of Prince Edward Island), but very sparsely populated (264 people in 1991), mostly in the village of Port-Menier on the western tip of the island, consisting chiefly of the keepers of the numerous lighthouses erected by the Canadian government. The coast is dangerous, and the only two harbours, Ellis Bay and Fox Bay, are very indifferent. Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (The small under the protection of the great) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Lieutenant-Governor J. Léonce Bernard Premier Pat Binns (PC) Area 5,660 km² (13th) • Land 5,660 km² • Water 0 km² (0%) Population (2004) â... Port-Menier is the main town on Anticosti Island, a large, sparsely populated island of Quebec. ...

Anticosti was discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1534, and named Assomption. It was granted to Louis Joliet by Louis XIV as a reward for discovering the Mississippi River. It stayed in Joliet's family until 1763, when it was ceded by France to the colony of Newfoundland. Canada regained it in 1774. It supported timber harvests until 1972, and is now an important site for deer hunting. Wild animals, especially bears, are numerous, but prior to 1896 the fish and game had been almost exterminated by indiscriminate slaughter. In that year Anticosti and the shore fisheries were leased to M. Menier, the French chocolate manufacturer, who converted the island into a game preserve, and attempted to develop its resources of lumber, peat and minerals. Henri Menier also introduced a herd of deer to the island. Portrait of Jacques Cartier by Théophile Hamel, ca. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Louis Joliet, also known Louis Jolliet (September 21, 1645–May 1700), was a Canadian explorer born in Quebec who is important for his discoveries in North America. ... For the musical group of the same name, see Louis XIV (band). ... This page is about the river in the United States; there is also a Canadian Mississippi River (Ontario). ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This is about the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ...

It is frequented by fishermen.

References

• Logan, Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress from its Commencement to 1863 (Montreal, 1863-1865)
• E. Billings, Geological Survey of Canada: Catalogue of the Silurian Fossils of Anticosti (Montreal, 1866)
• J. Schmitt, Anticosti (Paris, 1904).
• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.