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Chaleur Bay

American  
[shuh-loor, -lur] / ʃəˈlʊər, -ˈlɜr /

noun

  1. an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.


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In the summer of 1937 two young British paleontologists were scouring the cliffs of Chaleur Bay along the southern shore of the windswept Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Canada.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2020

But although paleontologists came from all over Europe and America to collect fossils from the cliffs of Chaleur Bay, an area now designated Miguasha National Park, no one collected a new specimen of Elpistostege.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2020

Sandwiched between the St. Lawrence River and Chaleur Bay, the Gaspé holds some of Quebec’s most impressive peaks.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2013

From this spot hunting and fishing parties of the savages descended the great river and wandered as far as the pleasant country of Chaleur Bay.

From The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier by George McKinnon Wrong

But in 1761 the British raided a settlement of the marauders on Chaleur Bay, and took three hundred and fifty prisoners to Halifax.

From The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline by Sir Arthur G. (Arthur George) Doughty

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