Anticosti

[ an-tuh-kaw-stee, -kos-tee ]

noun

1. an island at the head of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in E Canada, in E Quebec province. 135 miles (217 km) long; 3,043 sq. mi. (7,880 sq. km).

Anticosti

/ ˌæntɪˈkɒstɪ /

noun

1. an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence; part of Quebec. Area: 7881 sq km (3043 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Dorian, now a post-tropical cyclone, is located about 55 miles east-northeast of Anticosti Island in the eastern part of the country Sunday morning and had top sustained winds of 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

From Fox News

The sea-cow fishery was, before the present war, carried on to great advantage, particularly from Nantucket and Cape Cod, in and about the river St Lawrence, at the Island St Johns and Anticosti, Bay of Chaleurs, and the Magdalen Islands, which were the most noted of all for that fishery.

From Project Gutenberg

Indeed, at the present moment there is talk of her buying the island of Anticosti, which, as you may be aware, though almost uninhabited now—save in the summer, when the fishermen go there—makes a very respectable appearance in the river St. Lawrence. 

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Club, the master of La Tribune, was master of the Active, frigate when she was run ashore on the Island of Anticosti.

From Project Gutenberg

America; breeds from Minnesota, rarely northern Illinois, and Anticosti northward; winters from Gulf States and California to southern South America.

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