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[[File:ISS-27 HTV-2 Canadarm2 and Dextre.jpg | thumb | 450px | Anticosti Island, seen in the middle of the [[Gulf of St Lawrence]], is slightly smaller than [[Puerto Rico]].<ref name=nytimes1913-09-10/>]] | [[File:ISS-27 HTV-2 Canadarm2 and Dextre.jpg | thumb | 450px | Anticosti Island, seen in the middle of the [[Gulf of St Lawrence]], is slightly smaller than [[Puerto Rico]].<ref name=nytimes1913-09-10/>]] | ||
'''Anticosti Island''' is a large, but largely unpopulated island in the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]]. 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]].<ref name=nytimes1913-09-10/> | '''Anticosti Island''' is a large, but largely unpopulated island in the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]].<ref name=nytimes1989-11-27/> 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]].<ref name=nytimes1913-09-10/> | ||
The shoals surrounding the Island have represented serious navigational dangers, and its coast is lined with lighthouses. | 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, with ambitious development plans.<ref name=nytimes1913-09-10/> [[Port Menier]], a community of approximately 200 individuals, and the island's only remaining settlement, is named after him. | [[Henri Menier]], a citizen of [[France]], bought the Island, in 1895, with ambitious development plans.<ref name=nytimes1913-09-10/> [[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 {{convert|1000|foot|m}} tall.<ref name=nytimes1989-11-27/> The island's peaks are part of the [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian Mountain chain]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| title = | | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/27/sports/outdoors-still-life-and-wildlife-on-lush-anticosti.html?searchResultPosition=1 | ||
| work = | | title = Outdoors: Still Life and Wildlife on Lush Anticosti | ||
| author = | | work = [[New York Times]] | ||
| date = | | author = Nelson Bryant | ||
| page = | | date = 1989-11-27 | ||
| page = C9 | |||
| archiveurl = | | archiveurl = | ||
| archivedate = | | archivedate = | ||
| accessdate = 2022-08-07 | | accessdate = 2022-08-07 | ||
| url-status = live | | url-status = live | ||
| quote = | | quote = 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. | ||
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Revision as of 21:06, 6 August 2022
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, with ambitious development plans.[1] 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 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.”