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unusual facts about Gulf of St Lawrence



Hediste diversicolor

It is also found in the north-west Atlantic in the area of Cobscook Bay, the Gulf of Maine and the Gulf of St Lawrence.


see also

Cross of Gaspé

The Cross of Gaspé was originally erected on July 24, 1534 overlooking the bay of Gaspé, by the team of Jacques Cartier on his first trip exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Laurentian Channel

The channel is of glacial origin and is the submerged valley of the historic St. Lawrence River, running 1400 km from a sharp escarpment downstream from the confluence of the St. Lawrence with the Saguenay River, past Anticosti Island and through the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the edge of the continental shelf off the island of Newfoundland.