islands and bays library

 

Canada's islands and bays include some of the most beautiful in the world with the British Columbia nature preserves on the Pacific Ocean and the maritime provinces and smaller islands on the Atlantic shores.

Featured Article:  Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island, an island that is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. See more »

Anticosti Island

Anticosti Island, an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Province of Quebec, Canada.

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Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island, an island that is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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Gerogian Bay

Georgian Bay, a northeastern arm of Lake Huron, in southeastern Ontario. The bay is nearly separated from the lake by Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island.

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Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay, a body of water in northeastern Canada. It is one of the largest ocean inlets in the world, with an area of about 317,500 square miles (822,300 km)—roughly three times the size of the Great Lakes combined.

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James Bay

James Bay, the southern arm of Hudson Bay, between northeastern Ontario and western Quebec, Canada.

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Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada, an island in northern Lake Huron. The island is separated from the nearby mainland by the North Channel and a tip of Georgian Bay.

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North Bay

North Bay, Ontario, Canada, a city on the north shore of Lake Nipissing. North Bay is a marketing and distribution center for the surrounding agricultural, mining, and lumbering region.

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St. Pierre and Miquelon

St. Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivité territoriale (territorial community) of France, consisting of several barren, rocky islands about 15 miles (24 km) off the southern coast of Newfoundland.

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Strait of Belle Isle

Belle Isle, Strait of, the northern entrance from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean, between Newfoundland and Labrador.

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The Bay of Fundy

Fundy, Bay of, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, eastward from Maine.

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The Magdalen Islands

Magdalen Islands, or îles de la Madeleine, an island group of Quebec, Canada. It is in the Gulf of St.

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The Queen Charlotte Islands

Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada, a group of two large islands, Graham and Moresby, and about 150 islets.

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The Queen Elizabeth Islands

Queen Elizabeth Islands, the northernmost islands of North America. They include all the Canadian Arctic islands north of the channel extending from M'Clure Strait to Lancaster Sound.

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The Thousand Islands

Thousand Islands, a group of islands in the St. Lawrence River, just downstream from Lake Ontario.

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island, a Canadian island in the Pacific Ocean forming part of British Columbia.

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