Anticosti Island
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Anticosti Island, seen in the middle of the Gulf of St Lawrence, is slightly smaller than Puerto Rico.[1]
Anticosti Island is a large, but largely unpopulated island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[2] It is currently part of the Province of Quebec, although, at times, it was part of Newfoundland. The island is slightly smaller than Puerto Rico.[1]
The shoals surrounding the Island have represented serious navigational dangers, and its coast is lined with lighthouses.
Henri Menier, a citizen of France, bought the Island, in 1895, for $125,000, with ambitious development plans.[1][2] Port Menier, a community of approximately 200 individuals, and the island's only remaining settlement, is named after him.
Geography
The island's tallest peak is approximately 1000 foot (304.8 m) tall.[2] The island's peaks are part of the Appalachian Mountain chain.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 M. Menier's Anticosti experiment, New York Times, 1913-09-10, p. 8. Retrieved on 2022-08-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nelson Bryant. Outdoors: Still Life and Wildlife on Lush Anticosti, New York Times, 1989-11-27, p. C9. Retrieved on 2022-08-07. “Situated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between Quebec's North Shore and the tip of the Gaspe Peninsula, Anticosti is 140 miles long and 35 miles wide, with a maximum altitude of about 1,000 feet.”