Baie Éternité

The Baie Éternité is a bay located south of the Saguenay fjord at Rivière-Éternité.[1] It is part of Saguenay Fjord National Park.

Eternity Bay Map

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 flows.[2]

In front of Éternité bay, the Saguenay fjord reaches its maximum depth there, 472 m (1,549 ft).[3]

Two capes border it at the mouth of 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.

Baie Éternité seen from Cap Éternité
Mouth of the Éternité River

References
  1. Commission de toponymie du Québec: Baie Éternité
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec: Rivière Éternité
  3. Virtual Museum

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