Isle-aux-Grues (French for "island of cranes") is an island situated on the Saint Lawrence River, in the municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

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Isle-aux-Grues

Native name: Old name=Île Crane
Isle-aux-Grues
Isle-aux-Grues
Geography
Location	Saint Lawrence River
Coordinates	47°03′34″N 70°32′35″W
Archipelago	Isle-aux-Grues
Length	7 km (4.3 mi)
Width	2 km (1.2 mi)
Administration
Canada
Parish municipality	Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues

Geography

The Isle-aux-Grues is measuring about 7 kilometres long and 2 kilometres wide. However, its dimensions increase to 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) by 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), if including the flats which connect it to Île aux Oies.[1] It is one of the twenty-one islands which make up the Isle-aux-Grues archipelago.

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.[2]

Education

Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.[2]

Person connected to the island

• The Franco-Canadian painter Jean-Paul Riopelle died on the island on 12 March 2002.

May 2010 plane crash

On May 19, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people initially. The fourth later died in hospital.[2]

Toponymy

The toponym "Île aux Grues" was made official on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]

References

External links

• Tourism website

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