Editing Strait of Belle Isle (section)

==Location==
The strait is located in the southeast of the [[Quebec-Labrador peninsula|Labrador peninsula]],<ref name="“Indigenous people and the fur trade in the Quebec-Labrador peninsula”">{{cite web |author1=François Trudel |title=“Indigenous people and the fur trade in the Quebec-Labrador peninsula” |url=https://atlas.cieq.ca/le-nord/autochtones-et-traite-des-fourrures-dans-la-peninsule-du-quebec-labrador.pdf |website=Les Presses de l’Université Laval (coll. “Historical Atlas of Quebec”) |publisher=Centre interuniversitaire d’études québécoises (CIEQ) |access-date=27 August 2024 |pages=3 of 52 |date=2001 |quote=The Peninsula of Quebec-Labrador, sometimes also called Ungava, Labrador, Ungava-Labrador or, politically, New Quebec and Labrador, is a vast territory of approximately one million square kilometers.}}</ref><ref name="Quebec Labrador Peninsula">{{cite web |title=Quebec Labrador Peninsula |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=285985 |website=Gouvernement of Quebec |publisher=Commission de Toponymy Quebec |access-date=23 August 2024 |date=18 June 1993 |quote=Over the years, many variations of the name have been used: Terraagricule (1558); Land of Labor (1575); Estotilandt (1597) or Estotilande (1656); Terra Cortereale (1597); New Britain (1656).}}</ref> it is the northern outlet for the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]], the other two being the [[Cabot Strait]] and [[Strait of Canso]].  As such, it is also considered part of the [[St. Lawrence Seaway|Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway]] system. The strait is approximately {{convert|125|km|round=5|abbr=off}} long and ranges from a maximum width of {{cvt|60|km|0}} to just {{cvt|15|km|0}} at its narrowest, the average width being {{cvt|18|km|0}}.

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File:FMIB 34408 Berg off Belle Isle.jpeg|Iceberg 1911
File:L Anse Amour 960718 002 7143 4653.jpg|Rocks, [[iceberg]],  from [[L'Anse Amour]] hamlet 
File:Blanc Sablon, Qc - panoramio.jpg|[[Blanc-Sablon Bay|Blanc Sablon Bay]], [[Green Island Cove]] and  Green Island (51° 24′ 10.2″ N - 56° 34′ 36.1″ W) in background
File:L'Anse-au-Loup.jpg|From [[L'Anse-au-Loup|L'Anse au Loup]]
File:Sobi.jpg|In moonlight, from [[Green Island Brook]], left to right [[L'Anse Amour]] light, [[L'Anse-au-Loup]] and [[Capstan Island]]
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