McDonald
The place
McDonald in the Côte-Nord, Port-Menier sector (Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada), at 2 m elevation, Gulf of St. Lawrence coastline. Continuous Quebec Côte-Nord cluster (batches 250-369). Hunting/fishing refuge on Anticosti Island (Anticosti 7,943 km² island, historic population 55,000, current population 300 + Henri Menier French chocolatier 1895 purchase for deer hunting Cervus virginianus 220,000 population, densest in the world + Anticosti SÉPAQ wildlife reserve 4 hunting zones + UNESCO 2023 geological heritage Ordovician fossils 445 M years ago mass extinction ~85% of marine species, first major such event on Earth + heritage of the Innu of Ekuanitshit Mingan Nation, 500 speakers of Innu-aimun language + Treaty of Paris 1763 France cedes Anticosti to Great Britain + Quebec National Assembly 2023 creation of unified national park 100 km² co-managed with the Innu).
The setting
Côte-Nord Port-Menier Anticosti Quebec Canada 2 m Gulf of St. Lawrence coastline, continuous cluster batches 250-369, Anticosti hunting/fishing refuge 7,943 km² current population 300 + Henri Menier chocolatier 1895 deer hunting Cervus virginianus 220,000 densest in the world + SÉPAQ 4 zones + UNESCO 2023 Ordovician fossils 445 M years mass extinction ~85% marine species first major event on Earth, Innu of Ekuanitshit Mingan Nation 500 speakers Innu-aimun + Treaty of Paris 1763 FR-GB + Quebec National Assembly 2023 national park 100 km² Innu co-management.
