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. 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.
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.