Geobox island category hide yes Heading name AnticostiIsland native name le d Anticosti other name ... map locator map locator x 74 map locator y 89 Footnotes footnotes AnticostiIsland French language French , le d Anticosti is an island at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint ... and List of Canadian islands by area 20th largest island in Canada . AnticostiIsland is separated ... and on the south from the Gasp Peninsula by the Honguedo Strait . AnticostiIsland is very large ... as L le d Anticosti. Because of the more than 400 shipwrecks off its coasts, AnticostiIsland ... IslandAnticostiIsland is part of the eastern Saint Lawrence lowlands. It is convert 217 km ... ref Topographically, AnticostiIsland can be divided into three distinct regions two lowland areas ... and Silurian periods. ref name IA geo The climate of AnticostiIsland is maritime Subarctic ... the Seigneurial system of New France Seigneury of the Mingan Archipelago and AnticostiIsland as compensation ... of the country of Belgium , Anticosti thus became the largest island in the world to ever be privately ... his Image PortMenier Anticosti.jpg thumb 250px left Port Menier, AnticostiIsland, in 1922 In 1895 ... 2006. ref Henri Menier died in 1913 and his brother Gaston became the owner of AnticostiIsland. He ... was formed first in 1902 when AnticostiIsland was separated from the County of Saguenay. But since ... thumb right 250px Boreal forest on AnticostiIsland The forests of AnticostiIsland are typical ... anticosti ile 20 anglais .html title AnticostiIsland Location and description publisher Centre ... AnticostiIsland is home to the rare Cypripedioideae Lady s Slipper orchid . While populations are declining ... have now disappeared. ref name parkguide ref name IA geo In order to make AnticostiIsland a hunter ... among 21 families have been observed on AnticostiIsland. It is home to nearly 60 of the known breeding ... National Park Because of its untamed wilderness and abundant wildlife, AnticostiIsland is known for its ... more details
Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Anticosti . HMCS Anticosti T274 I was an Isles class trawler Isles class trawler that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II . HMCS Anticosti MSA 110 II was an Anticosti class minesweeper Anticosti class minesweeper that served in the Canadian Forces during the 1990s. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Anticosti, Hmcs Category Canadian Forces ship names Category Royal Canadian Navy ship names ... more details
unreferenced date June 2008 otherships HMCS Anticosti Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag navy Canada Ship name Ship namesake AnticostiIsland Ship ordered Ship builder Allied Shipbuilders Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. , Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver Ship laid down Ship launched 1973 Ship acquired Ship commissioned 1989 Ship decommissioned 2000 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship homeport CFB Halifax Ship honours Ship fate Ship status Ship notes Formerly merchant Jean Tide . Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Anticosti class minesweeper Ship displacement 1,076 tons 2,200 tons deep load Ship length convert 58.3 m ft abbr on Ship beam convert 13.1 m ft abbr on Ship draught convert 5.2 m ft abbr on Ship draft Ship propulsion 4 x Nohab Polar diesels 4,200 bhp , 2 shafts Ship speed 13.5 knots Ship range Ship complement Ship sensors Ship EW Ship armament Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship notes HMCS Anticosti MSA 110 was an Anticosti class minesweeper that served in the Canadian Forces from 1989 2000. Anticosti was built in 1973 by Allied Shipbuilders Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. , Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver as the oil rig logistics support vessel Jean Tide . She was acquired by Canadian Forces Maritime Command Maritime Command MARCOM in 1989 and commissioned with pennant number 110. Anticosti was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic MARLANT as a minesweeping training vessel in preparation for the Maritime Coastal Defence ... 1990s. Anticosti had astern refuelling gear fitted in 1995. Anticosti was deployed by MARLANT in the annual MARCOT exercises as a minelayer. After the Kingston class was commissioned, Anticosti was identified as surplus and decommissioned in 2000. Anticosti class minesweeper DEFAULTSORT Anticosti, HMCS Category Anticosti class minesweepers Category 1973 ships Category Ships built in British Columbia ... more details
&lang fr title Histoire d Anticosti publisher Municipalit de L le d Anticosti accessdate 2009 11 10 language French ref In 1974, AnticostiIsland was bought by the Government of Quebec and became again ...Infobox protected area name Anticosti National Park alt name Parc National d Anticosti iucn category II photo photo caption map Canada Quebec location map.svg locator x 211 locator y 252 map caption map width 220 location Quebec , Canada nearest city Port Menier, Quebec lat d 49 lat m 30 lat s lat NS N long d 62 long m 50 long s long EW W area convert 571.9 km2 1 abbr on established April 2001 visitation num 5500 visitation year 2009 governing body S paq url http www.sepaq.com pq pan Anticosti National Park French Parc National d Anticosti is a national park of Quebec , Canada . ref http www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca biodiversite aires protegees registre reg design 17Parc nationalquebec.pdf Registre des aires prot g es du Qu bec , Minist re du D veloppement durable, de l Environnement et des Parcs. Fr icon ref It consists of 3 non contiguous areas totalling km2 to mi2 572 precision 0 of land in the centre of AnticostiIsland . It is organized into 6 tourist sectors and 1 central zone ref name parkguide0809 Parc national d Anticosti Park Journal 2008 2009 Edition , Parcs Qu bec ref Baie de la Tour Chicotte Chute Vaur al Grotte la Patate Observation Vaur al la Mer Zone centrale History The idea of creating a park on AnticostiIsland goes far back. Already in the 1920s, the richness of Anticosti ... as a remarkable sanctuary for ferns. But for the following decades, the entire island was privately ... du parc Histoire de la cr ation du parc national d Anticosti publisher S paq language French accessdate ... hearings. The Quebec government created the Anticosti National Park on April 26, 2001. ref name ... 90 precision 1 deep gorge. Tour Bay Bay de la Tour This bay on the north side of the island is noteworthy ... in C te Nord fr Parc national d Anticosti ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Ship caption Infobox Ship Class Overview Name Anticosti class minesweeper Builders Allied Shipbuilders Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. , Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver Operators navy Canada Class before Bay class minesweeper Class after Kingston class patrol vessel Kingston class patrol vessel Subclasses Cost Built range In service range In commission range 1989 2000 Total ships building Total ships planned Total ships completed 2 Total ships cancelled Total ships active Total ships laid up Total ships lost Total ships retired 2 Total ships preserved Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship type minesweeper ship Minesweeper auxiliary Ship tonnage Ship displacement 1,076 tons Ship tons burthen Ship length 58.3 m Ship beam 13.1 m Ship height Ship draught 5.2 m Ship draft Ship depth Ship hold depth Ship decks Ship ... aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes The Anticosti class minesweepers were a class of minesweeper ... Tide becoming HMCS Anticosti MSA 110 and the Joyce Tide becoming HMCS Moresby MSA 112 . Prior to conversion to mine sweeping training ships, HMCS Anticosti and HMCS Moresby deployed on initial ships training exercises on the east coast of North America. Later, Anticosti played orange force to the USCG s blue force in and around the waters of the states of New York and New Jersey , USA. Anticosti .... John s, Newfoundland , and to Freeport, Bermuda in the south. After conversion, the Anticosti class ... 1990s. When the Kingston class entered service, the Anticosti class had minesweeping equipment and armaments removed. Other modifications included the fitting of astern refuelling gear to Anticosti in 1995. Anticosti was also used in the East Coast MARCOT exercise as a minelayer on at least one ... postwar anticost Anticosti class minesweeper hazegray.org Anticosti class minesweeper Category Anticosti class minesweepers Category Mine warfare classes ... more details
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in Galicia Spain Galicia Image Island.jpg right thumb 230px Pokonji Dol , a small Croatia n island in the Adriatic Sea Image Small Island in Lower Saranac Lake.jpg thumb 230px A small island in Lower ... island Hawai i are volcanic islands Image Fernando noronha.jpg thumb right 230px Fernando de Noronha are submerged mountains islands Image Wake Island.png right thumb 230px Wake Island is a volcanic island that has become an atoll . An island IPAc en icon icon a l n d or isle IPAc en a ... land features on atoll s can be called islet s, cay s or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an ait eyot IPAc en a . t also ait IPAc en e t , or holm island holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago . An island may still be described ... Causeway causeway , or the various Netherlands Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde island IJsselmonde . Some places may even retain island in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a wide land bridge, such as Coney Island . There are two main types of islands continental islands and oceanic islands . There are also artificial island s. There is no standard of size which distinguishes islands from islet s and continent s. Etymology The word island comes from Middle English iland , from Old English igland from ig , similarly meaning island when used independently, and land carrying its contemporary meaning cf. Dutch language Dutch eiland island , German language German Eiland small island . However, the spelling of the word was modified in the 15th ... browse Island title Island accessdate 2007 03 05 publisher Dictionary.com ref Old English ... Press year 2006 ISBN 019928413X page 109 ref Types of island Continental islands This section is linked ... of a continent. Examples include Greenland , Long Island , and Sable Island off North America Barbados ... island Java off Asia and New Guinea , Tasmania and Kangaroo Island off Australia . A special ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name On an Island Italic title Yes Type Album Artist David Gilmour Cover David Gilmour On An Island.jpg Released 6 March 2006 small United Kingdom UK small br 7 March 2006 small United States U.S. small Recorded Genre Progressive rock , Art rock , Blues ... 9449331 review 9777389 on an island link Last album About Face album About Face br 1984 This album On an Island br 2006 Next album Live in Gda sk br 2008 On an Island is the third solo album by David ... contained an exclusive bonus audio CD with the instrumental track Island Jam which was subsequently released on the CD single for Smile in Europe. On an Island entered the UK charts at 1, giving Gilmour ... track On an Island and Smile , both peaking at 72 on the UK Singles Chart . On An Island also ... on guitar, Orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner . Based on a night he spent on Kastell rizo . On an Island song On an Island Gilmour Polly Samson Samson 6 47 Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals ... , New York, April 2006. On an Island Gilmour Samson This Heaven Gilmour Samson Smile Gilmour Samson ... of On An Island , as well as singing on three other songs. br The tour was documented by the release ... Time Breathe Reprise br At the beginning of the tour the above tracks were played during Set 2 On an Island entire album br At the beginning of the tour the On an Island album made up the entire first ... Image comfortablynumb2.jpg thumb right 150px David Gilmour at Radio City Music Hall during his On an Island ... Bailey Rae album Corinne Bailey Rae by Corinne Bailey Rae end David Gilmour DEFAULTSORT On An Island ... Albums recorded at Abbey Road Studios ca On an Island cs On an Island de On an Island es On an Island fr On an Island it On an Island ka On An Island hu On an Island nl On An Island ja no On an Island nn On an Island pl On an Island pt On an Island ro On an Island ru On an Island sk On An Island fi On An Island sv On an Island ... more details
File LookStranger.jpg thumb right 1st edition UK On This Island is a book of poems by W. H. Auden , first published under the title Look, Stranger in the UK in 1936, then published under Auden s preferred title, On this Island , in the US in 1937. The book contains thirty one poems. The opening Prologue O Love the interest itself in thoughtless heaven is followed by short and long poems including Hearing of harvests , O what is that sound , Out on the lawn , Brothers who when the sirens roar , Love had him fast , A shilling life , Our hunting fathers , and others, ending with an Epilogue Certainly our city . The title of Auden s typescript was Thirty One Poems . Auden s UK publisher Faber & Faber asked him to supply a better title, but he was traveling in Iceland and inaccessible, so the publisher titled the book Look, Stranger Auden disliked the title and asked his American publisher Random House to title the book On This Island . The book is dedicated to Erika Mann . A song cycle of the same name by Benjamin Britten sets five of Auden s poems. References John Fuller poet John Fuller , W. H. Auden A Commentary 1999 . Edward Mendelson , Early Auden 1981 . External links http audensociety.org The W. H. Auden Society Category 1936 books Category Books by W. H. Auden Category Poetry by W. H. Auden ... more details
Murray Island may refer to Murray Island, Queensland Murray Island Montana , an island in Lake Koocanusa Murray Island Antarctica , an island in Antarctica geodis ... more details
Blueberry Island may refer to Blueberry Island Wanapitei Lake , an island in Ontario s Lake Wanapitei Blueberry Island Quebec , an island in Quebec s Lac Marois Blueberry Island Massachusetts , an island in Massachusetts geodis de Blueberry Island ... more details
File Norfolk Island Philip Island.jpg thumb right 300px View across to Nepean Island foreground and Phillip Island Norfolk Island Phillip Island in the distance Nepean Island is a small uninhabited island located at coord 29 04 S 167 57 E type isle region NF display inline,title , about 1 km south off a golf course on Norfolk Island in the Southwest Pacific. It was named in 1788 by Lieutenant Philip Gidley King for Evan Nepean , Under Secretary of the Home Department of the United Kingdom . It is part of the Australia n territory of Norfolk Island and is included in the Norfolk Island National Park , as is nearby Phillip Island Norfolk Island Phillip Island , and about 10 per cent of Norfolk Island proper. The island is made of calcareous rock dating from the late Pleistocene and is a breeding site for several species of seabird s. References Hoare, Merval. 1974 . Rambler s Guide to Norfolk Island . Pacific Publications Sydney. ISBN 0 85807 020 0 http www.norfolkisland.com.au environment geological origins.cfm Geological origins , Norfolk Island Tourism Category Islands of Norfolk Island Category Geography of Norfolk Island NorfolkIsland geo stub bg de Nepean Insel et Nepeani saar fr le Nepean ja ru zh ... more details
Battleship Island can refer to Battleship Island Canada Battleship Island , a privately owned island in British Columbia Battleship Island Washington Battleship Island , one of the San Juan Islands Hashima Island , also called Battleship Island Battleship Island Maine Battleship Island , in Maine geodis de Battleship Island ... more details
There are several islands named Hart Island in the United States Hart Island Maine Hart Miller Island Hart Island Michigan Hart Island New Hampshire Hart Island, New York Hart Island Washington geodis ... more details
Craney Island is the name of an uninhabited island in the United States Craney Island Virginia Craney Island is an historical name of an inhabited island in the United States Harkers Island, North Carolina See also Craney Island Maryland geodis ... more details
Thompson Island may refer to Thompson Island Chile Thompson Island Massachusetts Thompson Island Norway Thompson Island Nunavut Thompson Island South Atlantic geodis de Thompson Island it Isola Thompson ... more details
Jones Island may refer to Jones Island, Milwaukee Jones Island Montana , an island in the Missouri River Jones Island State Park Jones Island, WA , an uninhabited island in the San Juan Islands . geodis ... more details
Frog Island could refer to Frog Island, Leicestershire Frog Island, London Frog Island, Mississippi Frog Island, North Carolina Frog Island, Singapore disambig de Frog Island ... more details
Turkey Island may refer to Turkey Island Detroit River , an island in the Detroit River Turkey Island James River , an island in the James River Turkey Island Maryland , an island in the Potomac River disambig ... more details
Barrow Island is the name of at least three island s Barrow Island Western Australia Barrow Island, Barrow in Furness Barrow Island, Cumbria, England Barrow Island Queensland disambig da Barrow Island de Barrow Island fr Barrow island nl Barroweiland no Barrow Island zh ... more details
Image Fox Island in Rhode Island USA.jpg thumb right Fox Island in 2008 from North Kingstown Fox Island is an island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island , in the United States of America. It lies between Conanicut Island and North Kingstown just south of Wickford Village. The island is a part of the town of North Kingstown. The Native Americans called the island Nanaquonset also Nonequasset or Sonanoxet. Randall Holden and Samuel Gorton bought the island from the Indians in 1659. It is currently privately owned. References and external links http books.google.com books?id ALAlAAAAMAAJ&pg PA185&lpg PA185&dq 22fox island 22 rhode&source web&ots 8Alzp S2aU&sig 8 qT0qxBQNd avmjLlc2qaWi3V4 PPA185,M1 Sidney Smith Rider, The Lands of Rhode Island As They Were Known to Caunonicus and Miantunnomu When Roger Williams Came in 1636 Published by the Author 1904 . Frederic Denlson, Narragansett Sea and Shore , J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879 George L. Seavey, Rhode Island s Coastal Natural Areas. Narragansett Bay coord 41 33 15 N 71 25 06 W display title Category Islands of Rhode Island Category North Kingstown, Rhode Island Category Landforms of Washington County, Rhode Island RhodeIsland geo stub ... more details
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