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Jacques Cartier Strait

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name	Strait Jacques Cartier
other_name	Détroit de Jacques-Cartier
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caption	North of Anticosti Island
location	Gulf of St. Lawrence
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basin_countries	Quebec, Canada
length	40 km
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The Jacques Cartier Strait (, ) 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.

Toponymy

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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 40 km 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. 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. File:Rorqual_122.jpg|Humpback whales, females and calves, North of Antiscosti Island File:Rorqual_126.jpg|Humpback whales, dorsals, pectoral fins, North of Antiscosti Island File:012 133 Iles Mingan.jpg|Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve from a seaplane

References

(2024). "Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS)".
(November 2023). "Canadian sailing directions. ATL 110, St. Lawrence River, Cap Whittle/Cap Gaspé to Les Escoumins and Anticosti Island.". Canadian Hydrographic Service.
(12 May 1968). "Jacques Cartier Strait, toponymy". Commission de Toponymy Quebec.
"George Arthur Gundersen". Numisma.
"The Explorers Jacques Cartier 1534-1542". Canadian Museum of History.

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