anticosti island

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Definition of anticosti island in English English dictionary

Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence. Lying at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in southeastern Quebec, it is 140 mi (225 km) long; its greatest width is 35 mi (56 km). Visited by Jacques Cartier in 1534, it became part of Quebec province in 1774. Port-Menier is its present-day and only settlement. It is now primarily a recreation area

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An·ti·cos·ti is·land