Isle-aux-Grues
Isle-aux-Grues
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| Location | Saint Lawrence River |
| Coordinates | 47°03′34″N 70°32′35″W / 47.05944°N 70.54306°WCoordinates: 47°03′34″N 70°32′35″W / 47.05944°N 70.54306°W |
| Archipelago | Isle-aux-Grues |
| Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| Width | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
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| Parish municipality | Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues |
Isle-aux-Grues (French for "island of cranes") is an island situated on the Saint Lawrence River, measuring about 7 kilometres long and 2 kilometres wide. It is the only inhabited island among the twenty-one which make up the Isle-aux-Grues archipelago. Politically, it lies within Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues.
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.
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.
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.
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