Isle-aux-Grues


Isle-aux-Grues is an island situated on the Saint Lawrence River, measuring about 7 kilometres long and 2 kilometres wide. It is one of the twenty-one islands which make up the Isle-aux-Grues archipelago. Politically, it lies within Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues.

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

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.