Isle-aux-Grues
Encyclopedia
Isle-aux-Grues is an island situated on the Saint Lawrence River
, measuring approximately 7 kilometres by 2 kilometres. It is the only inhabited island among the twenty-one which make up the Isle-aux-Grues archipelago
. Politically, it lies within Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
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, travelling by plane each day.
airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.
Saint Lawrence River
The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
, measuring approximately 7 kilometres by 2 kilometres. It is the only inhabited island among the twenty-one which make up the Isle-aux-Grues archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
. Politically, it lies within Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, Quebec
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is a parish municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Montmagny and the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches...
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Transportation
The island has an airstrip which is the only access to the island during the winter. Isle-aux-Grues is also served by a ferry during the summer.Education
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, QuebecMontmagny, Quebec
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, travelling by plane each day.
Person connected to the island
- The franco-canadian painter Jean-Paul RiopelleJean-Paul RiopelleJean-Paul Riopelle, was a painter and sculptor from Quebec, Canada.-Biography:Born in Montreal, he studied under Paul-Émile Borduas in the 1940s and was a member of Les Automatistes movement. He was one of the signers of the Refus global manifesto...
died on the island on 12th March, 2002.
May 2010 plane crash
On May 19, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172Cessna 172
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.-Design and development:...
airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.