Brion Island (, ) is a currently uninhabited
island
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in the
Magdalen Islands
The Magdalen Islands (, ) are a Canadian archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Since 2005, the 12-island archipelago is divided into two municipalities: the majority-francophone Municipality of ÃŽles-de-la-Madeleine and the majority-angloph ...
archipelago
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in the middle of the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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and part of the municipality of
Grosse-ÃŽle,
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
() is an administrative region of Quebec consisting of the Gaspé Peninsula () and the . It lies in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the eastern extreme of southern Quebec. The predominant economic activities are fishing, forestry and tourism.
...
,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. It is the most northeast of the islands in the Magdalen archipelago, apart from the ''
Bird Rocks'' (''Rochers aux Oiseaux'') east-north-east.
History
Passing by the island in 1534,
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier (; 31 December 14911 September 1557) was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first Europeans, European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, wh ...
erected his second cross and named the island ''ille de Bryon'' after his principal expeditionary patron
Philippe de Chabot Philippe Chabot, Seigneur De Brion, Count of Charny and Buzan̤ois (c. 1492 Р1 June 1543), also known as Admiral De Brion, was an admiral of France.
Biography
The Chabot family was one of the oldest and most powerful in Poitou. Philipp ...
, Seigneur de Brion and
Admiral of France
Admiral of France () is a French title of honour. It is the naval equivalent of Marshal of France and was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France.
History
The title was created in 1270 by Louis IX of France, during the Eighth Crusad ...
.
Geography
Haldimand Cliff (''Falaise Haldimand''), named for
Frederick Haldimand
Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB (born Fran̤ois Louis Fr̩d̩ric Haldimand; 11 August 1718 Р5 June 1791) was a Swiss military officer best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and the America ...
, is on the southeast coast of the island.
Natural history
Almost the entire island is encompassed by the ''Réserve écologique de l'Île-Brion''. The ''Bird Rocks'' Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary encompasses several small islands to the northwest of Brion Island.
References
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External links
The Bird Rocks Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Environment Canada
Landforms of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Magdalen Islands
Protected areas of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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