The Honguedo Strait (

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: ''Détroit d'Honguedo''), the toponym designates the wide passage of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between the Gaspésie peninsula and

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Toponymy

The name Honguedo first appeared in the reports of

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of 1535–1536. In the 16th century, it was known as the Saint-Pierre Strait, especially on maps by

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(1569) and

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(1597). Only by the 20th century, Honguedo came into use, and in 1934, the Geographic Board of Quebec officially adopted it to commemorate the 400th anniversary of

's arrival in

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. Yet, the origin of the name is uncertain; it may derive from the

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word for "gathering place", or from the

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word ''hehonguesto'', meaning "one's own nose". File:Jacques Cartier 1934 issue-3c.jpg,

(circa 1491-1557),

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3 cents stamp 1934, designed by George Arthur Gundersen (1910-1975) File:Gaspe_20020916_17_3573_2358.jpg, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gaspé, Saint-Maurice-de-l'Échouerie village, municipal stop of the Old Factory

Western Honguedo Strait Coral Conservation Area

With an area of 496 km2, the Western Honguedo Strait Coral Conservation Area is home to species of

corals Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...

and

sea pens Sea pens are marine cnidarians belonging to the superfamily Pennatuloidea, which are colony-forming benthic filter feeders within the order Scleralcyonacea. There are 14 families within the order and 35 extant genera, and it is estimated as of ...

that create structures that provide a diverse habitat for many marine species. *Pennatula aculeata Danielssen, 1860. — Plume de mer. — (

Sea Pen Sea pens are marine cnidarians belonging to the superfamily Pennatuloidea, which are colony-forming benthic filter feeders within the order Scleralcyonacea. There are 14 families within the order and 35 extant genera, and it is estimated a ...

). *Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834. — Grande Pennatule. — (Greater sea pen). — Större fjäderpenna (Suédois). *Anthoptilum grandiflorum (Verrill, 1879). — Pennatule à grandes fleurs. — (Large-flowered pennatula).

References

External links

Atlas of Sponges from the Estuary and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence Multidisciplinary Trawl Survey
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2006-2017, PP 59 Straits of Quebec Landforms of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine {{Quebec-geo-stub