Honguedo Strait

Template:Infobox body of water The Honguedo Strait (French: Détroit d'Honguedo), the toponym designates the wide passage of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between the Gaspésie peninsula and Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada.<ref name="Honguedo Strait, toponymy">Template:Cite web</ref>

Toponymy

The name Honguedo first appeared in the reports of Jacques Cartier of 1535–1536. In the 16th century, it was known as the Saint-Pierre Strait, especially on maps by Gerardus Mercator (1569) and Cornelius Wytfliet (1597).

Only by the 20th century, Honguedo came into use, and in 1934, the Geographic Board of Quebec officially adopted it to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's arrival in North America. Yet, the origin of the name is uncertain; it may derive from the Mi'kmaq word for "gathering place", or from the Iroquois word hehonguesto, meaning "one's own nose".<ref name="Honguedo Strait, toponymy" />

• About Honguedo Strait
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  Jacques Cartier (circa 1491-1557), Canada Post 3 cents stamp 1934, designed by George Arthur Gundersen (1910-1975)<ref name="George Arthur Gundersen">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="The Explorers Jacques Cartier 1534-1542">Template:Cite web</ref>
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  Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gaspé, Saint-Maurice-de-l'Échouerie village,<ref name="Saint-Maurice-de-l'Échouerie (Gaspé)">Template:Cite web</ref> municipal stop of the Old Factory

Western Honguedo Strait Coral Conservation Area

With an area of 496 km2, the Western Honguedo Strait Coral Conservation Area is home to species of corals and sea pens that create structures that provide a diverse habitat for many marine species.<ref name="Western Honguedo Strait Coral Conservation Area">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Cold Water Corals and Sponges">Template:Cite web</ref>

• Pennatula aculeata Danielssen, 1860. — Plume de mer. — (Sea Pen).<ref name="Pennatula aculeata Danielssen, 1860">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834. — Grande Pennatule. — (Greater sea pen). — Större fjäderpenna (Suédois).<ref name="Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anthoptilum grandiflorum (Verrill, 1879). — Pennatule à grandes fleurs. — (Large-flowered pennatula).<ref name="Anthoptilum grandiflorum (Verrill, 1879)">Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Atlas of Sponges from the Estuary and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence Multidisciplinary Trawl Survey, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2006-2017, PP 59

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