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Éternité Bay
Baie Éternité (French)
Éternité Bay is located in QuebecÉternité BayÉternité Bay
LocationRivière-Éternité, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates48°18′23″N 70°19′13″W / 48.30639°N 70.32028°W / 48.30639; -70.32028
Part ofSaguenay River
Primary inflowsÉternité River
Managing agencySépaq
Max. length1 km (0.62 mi)
Max. width2.5 km (1.6 mi)

Éternité Bay (French: Baie Éternité, meaning Eternity Bay) is a bay located south of the Saguenay Fjord at Rivière-Éternité, Quebec, Canada. It is part of Saguenay Fjord National Park.

Geography

Perpendicular to Saguenay River, it is 1.0 km (0.62 mi) wide by 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long. The Éternité River drains into it at the head of the bay.

In front of Éternité Bay, the Saguenay fjord reaches its maximum depth there of 472 m (1,549 ft).

Two capes are at the mouth of the bay along the Saguenay: Cap Trinité (411 m (1,348 ft)) to the northwest, Cap Éternité (454 m (1,490 ft)) at the South-East.

History

On Cap Trinité is the statue of Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay.

References

  1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 21547". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Baie Éternité". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. Commission de toponymie du Québec: Rivière Éternité
  4. Virtual Museum

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Éternité Bay at Wikimedia Commons

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