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The river flows into the gulf through the Jacques Cartier Strait between the Côte-Nord region of Quebec and the north shore of Anticosti Island, and the Honguedo Strait between the south shore of Anticosti Island and the Gaspé Peninsula.
The gulf is bounded on the north by the Labrador Peninsula, to the east by Newfoundland, to the south by Nova Scotia (particularly Cape Breton Island), and to the west by the Gaspé and New Brunswick. It contains Anticosti Island, Prince Edward Island, and the Magdalen Islands.
It drains into the Atlantic through the Strait of Belle IsleThe Strait of Belle Isle (fr. Detroit de Belle Ile sometimes referred to as Straits of Belle Isle or Labrador Straits is a waterway in eastern Canada that separates the Labrador Peninsula from the island of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland an, between Newfoundland and Labrador, the Cabot StraitCabot Strait is a strait in eastern Canada approximately 110 kilometres wide between Cape Ray, Newfoundland Island and Cape North, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. It is the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocea between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, and the Strait of CansoThe Strait of Canso (also Gut of Canso or Canso Strait , is located in northeastern North America in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is a long thin channel (27 kilometres long, 3 kilometers wide) which separates Cape Breton Island from peninsular between peninsular Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island. It should be noted that since construction of the Canso CausewayThe Canso Causeway connects Cape Breton Island to the mainland of the province of Nova Scotia in eastern Canada. Completed in 1955, the mile long causeway crosses the Strait of Canso between Cape Porcupine, Nova Scotia on the mainland and Port Hastings, N in 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal, the Strait of Canso does not permit free-flowing exchange of waters between the gulf and the Atlantic.
Besides the Saint Lawrence River itself, semi-major tributaries of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence include the Miramichi RiverThe Miramichi River is a river of eastern North America. Rising at Juniper, New Brunswick, Canada, it flows 217 kilometres through the province of New Brunswick to the picturesque Miramichi Estuary and empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It has two b, the Natashquan River , the Restigouche River , the Margaree RiverThe Margaree River is a river on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The northeast branch of the river rises in the Cape Breton Highlands; the Southwest Margaree flows northeast from Lake Ainslie. The two branches join at Margaree Forks and flows north to, and the Humber River . Arms of the Gulf include the Chaleur BayChaleur Bay baie des Chaleurs in French) is an arm of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence separating Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula from New Brunswick's "North Shore". The name was reportedly given by explorer Jacques Cartier. The French name means "bay of warmth" or "b, the Miramichi River estuary, St. George's Bay , Bay of Islands, and Northumberland Strait.
The first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence occurred in New Brunswick on July 7, 1534.
St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia , off the northeast tip of Cape Breton Island, is referred to as the "Graveyard of the Gulf" for its many shipwrecks. Bonaventure Island on the eastern tip of the Gaspe peninsula, Ile Brion and Rochers-aux-Oiseaux northeast of the Magdalen Islands are important migratory bird sanctuaries administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. Canada maintains national parks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence estuary at Forillon on the eastern tip of the Gaspe, Prince Edward Island on the north shore of the island, Kouchibouguac on the northeast coast of New Brunswick, Cape Breton Highlands on the northern tip of Cape Breton Island, Gros Morne on Newfoundland's west coast, and a national park reserve in the Mingan Archipelago on Quebec's Côte-Nord . Estuaries Canadian geography