Isle-aux-Grues
Isle-aux-Grues 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, in administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The Isle-aux-Grues is measuring about 7 kilometres long and 2 kilometres wide. However, its dimensions increase to by, if including the flats which connect it to Île aux Oies. 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.Education
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.Person connected to the island
- The Québecois painter Jean-Paul Riopelle died on the island on 12 March 2002.