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Administration

Full name

Anticosti Island

Native name

Île d'Anticosti

Geography

Land Area

3046.4 sq mi (7892.15 km2)

Administration

Full name

L'Île-d'Anticosti

Official name

L'Île-d'Anticosti

Settlement type

Municipality

Country

Canada

Province

Region

Côte-Nord

Regional County

Minganie

Incorporated

January 1, 1984

Government

Type

Municipality

Mayor

Denis Duteau

Federal riding

Manicouagan

Prov. riding

Duplessis

Geography

Total Area

3058.3 sq mi (7923.16 km2)

Land Area

3046.4 sq mi (7892.15 km2)

Demography

Total Population

281 (2006)

Density (pop.)

0.04/km² (0.1/sq mi)

Other information

Time zone

EST (UTC−5)

- Summer (DST)

EDT (UTC−4)

Postal Code

G0G 2Y0

Area code

418

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Anticosti Island (French, Île d'Anticosti) is an island at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada, between 49° and 50° N., and between 61° 40' and 64° 30' W. At 7892.52 km2 (7892520000 m2) in size, it is the 90th largest island in the world and 20th largest island in Canada. Anticosti Island is separated on the north from the Côte-Nord region of Quebec (the Labrador Peninsula) by the Jacques Cartier Strait and on the south from the Gaspé Peninsula by the Honguedo Strait.

Anticosti Island is large but sparsely populated (281 people in 2006), with most of the permanent population in the village of Port-Menier on the western tip of the island, consisting chiefly of the keepers of the lighthouses erected by the Canadian government. The entire island constitutes one municipality known as L'Île-d'Anticosti.

Because of the more than 400 shipwrecks off its coasts, it is called the "Cemetery of the Gulf".