Anticosti
an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which it divides into two channels, with lighthouses at different parts of the coast, and about 140 miles long, and 30 miles broad in the center, Area, 3,147 square miles. Anticosti has two harbors, Ellice bay, near the W. end, and Fox bay in the N. W. The climate is severe; while the surface is an alternation of rocks and swamps.
It is visited by fishermen in the summer, but there are hardly any inhabitants save lighthouse keepers and a few officials. The island, which is attached to the Canadian province of Quebec, has considerable salmon, trout, cod, and herring fisheries, and is a resort for seal and bear hunting. Extensive peat deposits are found in Anticosti. Marl also occurs. M. Henri Menier, a French manufacturer, purchased the island in 1895 as a game preserve. Pop. about 250.