Jacques Cartier Strait

The Jacques Cartier Strait (Template:Langx, Template:IPA) is an arm of the sea located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between the shore of Côte-Nord region and the North of Anticosti Island, in Quebec, Canada.<ref name="Canadian sailing directions. ATL 110, St. Lawrence River, Cap Whittle/Cap Gaspé to Les Escoumins and Anticosti Island.">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Jacques Cartier Strait, toponymy">Template:Cite web</ref>

Toponymy

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>

The other arm of the sea is the Honguedo Strait located on the south side of Anticosti Island and the Gaspé Peninsula.

The Jacques Cartier Strait is approximately Template:Convert wide.

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.<ref name="The Explorers Jacques Cartier 1534-1542" /> 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.<ref name="Jacques Cartier Strait, toponymy" />

• Jacques Cartier Strait - Gulf of St. Lawrence
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  Humpback whales, females and calves, North of Antiscosti Island<ref name="Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS)" />
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  Humpback whales, dorsals, pectoral fins, North of Antiscosti Island
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  Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve from a seaplane

References

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External links

• Francis I of France, send Jacques Cartier and others claimed lands in the Americas for France.