66 THE LABKADOR PENINSULA. chap. xxv. 



CHAPTEE XXV. 



THE GULF OF ST. LAWEENCE. 



The Gulf of St. Lawrence — Boundaries — The Bay of Chaleurs — 

 Perce Rock — The Bird Rocks — Kinds of Birds which breed on the 

 Bird Rocks — St. Paul's Island — Dangerous Character of St. Paul's 

 Island and the Bird Rocks — Shipwrecks in the Gulf — The Mag- 

 dalen Islands — Anticosti — Origin of its Name — Its Area — Timber 

 Resources — Rivers — Character of its Shoals — Shipwi-ecks on the 

 Coast — Wreckers — Soil of the Island — Peat — Trees — Fruit-bear- 

 ing Shrubs — Peas — Character of the Seasons — Frost — Fogs — 

 Harbours — Fox Bay — Extensive Peat Deposits — Saw Logs — Geo- 

 logical Features of Anticosti — Scenery — Provision Posts — Imjoor- 

 tance of Harbours on Anticosti — Value of the Island — Importance 

 in relation to the Fisheries of the Gulf — Importance to Canada — 

 The Bay of Chaleurs — Its Importance as a Port for Steamers — Salt 

 and Salines on Anticosti — Importance of Anticosti to Canada. 



THE Gulf of St. Lawrence is bounded by the Island of 

 Newfoundland, the ' North Shore ' of Canada, part of 

 Gaspe, of New Brunswick, of Nova Scotia, and the island 

 of Cape Breton ; hence all the British Provinces are 

 especially interested in it. It communicates with the 

 Atlantic by three different passages, viz., 1st, towards 

 the north, by the Straits of Belle Isle, between Labrador 

 and Newfoundland ; 2nd, on the south, by the passage 

 between Cape Pay,* at the south-west extremity of the 

 latter island, and the north cape of Breton Island ; ord, 



* The distance from Cape Rosier on the Gaspe peninsula to Cape Ray on 

 the coast of Newfoundland is 240 miles, and from Nova Scotia to Labrador 

 it is 318 miles. 



