Cartier Point

Along the northern shore of the St. Lawrence, seven islands shelter the deep bay of Sept-Îles from the gulf. Jacques Cartier recorded the islands during his voyage in 1535, while the Innu had long gathered on this coast. A fur-trading post was established beside the bay in the seventeenth century, near a sheltered river mouth. Offshore, the broad water separates the wooded mainland from Anticosti Island and the routes into the gulf.