Anticosti Island

Prince Albert I of Monaco was so taken with oceanography that he endowed the International Hydrographic Organization, in the shadow of Monte Carlo's casinos, which fixes the boundaries of the Atlantic, one of which is Anticosti Island in the St. Lawrence estuary.

Salty tales from the briny deep kEN rINGLE 2010

Prince Albert I of Monaco was so taken with oceanography that he endowed the International Hydrographic Organization, in the shadow of Monte Carlo's casinos, which fixes the boundaries of the Atlantic, one of which is Anticosti Island in the St. Lawrence estuary.

Salty tales from the briny deep kEN rINGLE 2010

After seven weeks at sea, it reached the uninhabited waste of Anticosti Island at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, where Roquement erected a cross among the seals and polar bears.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

After seven weeks at sea, it reached the uninhabited waste of Anticosti Island at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, where Roquement erected a cross among the seals and polar bears.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

David Kirke insisted that he was “not afraid of them in the least,” but Champlain observed that he steered very close to the coast of Anticosti Island, fourteen leagues north of Gaspé, “so as not to be noticed,” and so he got safely to sea.3

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

It was divided by the great tongue of Anticosti Island, 122 miles long, the home of huge white polar bears of legendary ferocity who attacked humans on sight.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

This area corresponds to the terrestrial ecoregions of the Central Laurentians (TEC 101), the Mecatina Plateau (TEC 103), the northern Appalachians (TEC 117), and Anticosti Island (TEC 102).

Eastern Canadian forests 2008

David Kirke insisted that he was “not afraid of them in the least,” but Champlain observed that he steered very close to the coast of Anticosti Island, fourteen leagues north of Gaspé, “so as not to be noticed,” and so he got safely to sea.3

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Anticosti Island stands out in this ecoregion, as it is a south-dipping cuesta of Paleozoic carbonate strata, and relief rarely reaches 150 meters asl.

Eastern Canadian forests 2008

European seamen and American Indians alike gave Anticosti Island a wide berth.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008