Sept-Iles Attractions
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Sept-Îles, the largest town on the North Shore, lies at the entrance to Sept-Îles Bay. It was given its name by Jacques Cartier, who discovered this bay with its seven islands in 1535. In 1650 Father Jean Dequen founded a mission here. Following colonization in the middle of the 19th c., mainly fishermen and lumberjacks settled here.
Sept-Îles is a booming French-Canadian port on the Gulf of St Lawrence, about 600 km (373 mi.) north of Québec City.
At the entrance to a fiord, in the lee of seven rocky islands, the site was discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1535. A mission station was founded here in the 17th c. but the place only appears to have been permanently settled from the mid-19th century.
Sept-Îles is a booming French-Canadian port on the Gulf of St Lawrence, about 600 km (373 mi.) north of Québec City.
At the entrance to a fiord, in the lee of seven rocky islands, the site was discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1535. A mission station was founded here in the 17th c. but the place only appears to have been permanently settled from the mid-19th century.
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