L'Île-d'Anticosti () is a municipality located on the Anticosti island, between the straits of

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and Honguedo, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Minganie Regional County Municipality,

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region,

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, Canada.

Toponymy

Within the municipality, the main populated area is Port-Menier. Officially the municipality was formed first in 1902 when Anticosti Island was separated from the County of Saguenay. But since the entire island was privately owned, there was no elected council to preside over the islanders, who were either servants of the landlord or employees of logging companies. Even after the island was owned again by the provincial government in 1974, it took another decade to put a working municipal organization in place. On January 31, 1984, the first council was finally sworn in.

UNESCO's World Heritage

On September 19, 2023, Anticosti was inscribed on

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's World Heritage List. It is recognized for its exceptional

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assemblage representing the first global mass extinction of animal life on Earth. Located within protected areas free from any industrial activity, the site is endowed with exceptionally well-preserved, abundant and diverse fossil fauna, this Anticosti fauna represents the first mass extinction of animal life on a global scale, 447 – 437 million years ago, at the end of the

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period. File:BAnQ Saguenay P1 D299 P1-017 Chute de la rivière Vauréal, Ile d'Anticosti.jpg, Cliff wall, fall and Vauréal River File: Chute Vauréal - Anticosti.jpg, Cliff wall, fall and Vauréal River File:Anticosti_fossiles_001.jpg,

Fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...

(probably sponge), in the gravel, at the foot of the wall File:Anticosti_fossiles_006.jpg, Fossil to be identified, in the gravel, at the foot of the wall The Vauréal River has its source in Lake Vauréal, it flows 25 km south-northeast, in the eastern part of the island. The salmon goes up the river to the Vauréal Falls, 13 km from the coast, crossing the Vauréal canyon where the river is enclosed between two

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

walls.

Communities

Port-Menier

The village of Port-Menier is the hub of the island. Its population doubles in the summer with seasonal workers and tourists. The economic mainstays are outdoor tourism and forestry/logging. Services available in Port-Menier include general and grocery stores, gas station, banking, restaurant, and lodging.

Demographics

Population

Language

Local government

List of former mayors: * No mayor 1902–1984 (no municipal organization) * Raymond Bond (1984–1986) * Mario Auclair (1986–1988, 1993–2002) * Jean-Guy Joubert (1988–1989) * Fernand Tremblay (1989–1990) * No mayor 1990–1993 (under government supervision) * Denis Malouin (2002–2005) * Denis Duteau (2005–2013) * Jean-François Boudreault (2013–2015) * John Pineault (2016–2021) * Hélène Boulanger (2021–present)

Time zone

Anticosti Island Anticosti () is an island located between the Jacques Cartier and Honguedo Straits, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in L'Île-d'Anticosti (Municipality), Minganie MRC, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada. UNESCO's World Heritage On September 19, 2023, ...

is bisected by the 63rd meridian west, and as a result, the eastern part of the municipality is officially within the AST legislated time zone boundary. However, in practice, all of L'Île-d'Anticosti observes the

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(EST and EDT).

Education

Commission scolaire du Littoral The Centre de services scolaire du Littoral is a geographically-based school service centre in Quebec, Canada, with offices in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Sept-Îles and Chevery. Situated along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the School Board territory consi ...

operates St-Joseph School (francophone) in Port-Menier.Schools and centers
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. Retrieved on September 23, 2017.

References

External links

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(1885-1944)
Anticosti, land with immense spaces, the sea all around, and a social world of the 1920s gone forever.
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