Jacques Cartier Strait
The Jacques Cartier Strait (French: Détroit de Jacques-Cartier) is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it is an arm of the sea approximately 40 km wide, between Anticosti Island and the Mingan archipelago, in eastern Quebec, Canada.[1]
The other arm of the sea is the Honguedo Strait on the south side of Anticosti Island.
- Jacques Cartier Strait - Gulf of St. Lawrence
-
![North of Anticosti Island[2]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Rorqual_070.jpg/240px-Rorqual_070.jpg)
North of Anticosti Island[2] -
Humpback whales, females and cubs, North of Antiscosti Island -
Humpback whales, dorsals, pectoral fins, North of Antiscosti Island -
![North of Anticosti Island[2]](/wiki/File:Rorqual_070.jpg)
The Jacques Cartier Strait is approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) wide at its narrowest point.
Jacques Cartier Strait was officially named for the French explorer Jacques Cartier in 1934 by the Geographic Board of Quebec to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his arrival in North America. Prior to this, it was also known as Détroit Saint-Pierre (by Cartier himself on August 1, 1534, the day of St. Peter), Labrador Channel (until 1815), and Mingan Passage.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jacques Cartier Strait, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 12 May 1968. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
... so named in 1934 by the Quebec Geography Commission, on the occasion of the celebration of the fourth centenary of the first trip to Canada by the Saint-Malo explorer Jacques Cartier.
- ^ "Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS)". 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
The principal study areas include the Quebec North Shore in the Mingan Island / Anticosti region, the Gaspe Peninsula and St. Lawrence Estuary.
49°58′N 62°47′W / 49.967°N 62.783°W
 | This Quebec location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |