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Pontbriand River is located on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Côte-Nord region, Minganie RCM, Quebec, Canada.[1]
Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary[edit]
The Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary[2] includes Pontbriand, Jalobert[3] and Pashashibou bays, all islands, islets and emerging rocks in the area, as well as the offshore waters over a distance of several kilometers from the coast. In fact, the waters cover almost 90% of the refuge's surface area. Vegetation is limited to a few species of moss and lichens, because the terrestrial part of the refuge is mainly made up of rocky outcrops.[4][5]
- Overview of Wastishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary
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Mouth of the Pontbriand River, some 20 km east in Baie-Johan-Beetz (Municipality)
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Mouth of the Pontbriand River and rest area from the bridge on Route 138
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Mouth of the Pontbriand River, in Pontbriand Bay, in Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Pontbriand Bay[6] in Gulf of St. Lawrence
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Pontbriand River - toponymy". Quebec Gouvernement (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 13 June 1997. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
It receives the waters of Lake Caron and flows into Pontbriand Bay, hence its name.
- ^ a b "Watshishou - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Canada - map" (PDF). IBA Birdlife. Cartographic production by Bird Studies Canada. March 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by Bird Life International
- ^ "Jalobert Bay - toponymy". Quebec Gouvernement (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 5 December 1968. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
Its name recalls the memory of Macé Jalobert, brother-in-law of Jacques Cartier, who accompanied the latter during his voyage of 1535-1536, as pilot and captain of the Petite Hermine.
- ^ "Watshishou migratory bird sanctuary". Gouvernement of Canada. Environment and natural resources. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
Double-crested cormorant, great black-backed gull, ring-billed gull, common tern, arctic tern, black guillemot, common loon, American black duck, red-breasted merganser, white-winged scoter, surf scoter, black scoter, semipalmated sandpiper and ruddy turnstone
- ^ "Migratory bird sanctuaries across Canada - Quebec". Gouvernement of Canada. Environment and natural resources. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
The Watshishou Migratory Bird Sanctuary, located in Minganie, on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was established in 1925 to protect seabird colonies in this important nesting area.
- ^ "Pontbriand Bay - Toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission Toponymy Quebec. 5 December 1968. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
Recalls the memory of Claude de Pontbriand, son of the lord of Montcevelles and cupbearer of the Dauphin, member of Jacques Cartier's crew during his second voyage to Canada, in 1535