Anticosti Island

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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 the lat 19th century, with ambitious development plans.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 M. Menier's Anticosti experiment, New York Times, 1913-09-10, p. 8. Retrieved on 2022-08-07.