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ﾃ四e Aux Oeufs
ﾃ四e aux ﾅ置fs () is an island on the north shore of St. Lawrence River located in Port-Cartier, Quebec, Canada. It is a 19-hectare rocky island resting on a Precambrian bedrock, located two kilometers east of the mainland shore, about five kilometers from the hamlet of Pointe-aux-Anglais and forty kilometers from . It is mainly covered in balsam fir and includes the fourth-largest colony of common eiders in the St. Lawrence Estuary, as well as a colony of Double-crested Cormorants. In 1711, the island's reefs witnessed the sinking of the Walker expedition, in which 900 of Admiral Hovenden Walker's 12,000 men perished, putting an end to the British attempt to invade New France. In 1871, the Ministﾃｨre de la Marine et des Pﾃｪches built a lighthouse and was replaced in 1955, automated in 1970 and finally closed in 2003. Geography Location ﾃ四e aux ﾅ置fs is a Canadian islet in the southern part of the province of Quebec, about 433 kilometers as the crow flies northeast of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pointe-aux-Anglais
Pointe-aux-Anglais () is a Hamlet (place), hamlet located on the territory of the city of Port-Cartier, on the North shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence#Geography, Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Cﾃｴte-Nord Quebec region, region, Sept-Riviﾃｨres Regional County Municipality, Sept-Riviﾃｨres RCM, Quebec, Canada. History Inside the Roman Catholic Church of the parish of Saint-Paul-de-la-Pointe-aux-Anglais, the Stations of the Cross, is a work of art of famous sculptor Mﾃｩdard Bourgault (1897-1967) of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. In 1711, a large fleet commanded by Hovenden Walker, Admiral Walker was sent from England to take Quebec. Due to fog on the St. Lawrence, eight ships grounded on the lle-aux-Oeuf reefs and went down with more than 900 men in List of disasters of the United Kingdom and preceding states, one of the worst naval disasters in British history. The point of land just across from the reefs was named ''Pointe-aux-Anglais'' to commemorate the ill-fate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
