Introduction
The coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence includes the St. Lawrence estuary and the south coast of Quebec (Fig. 2.3.1 ). The southern coast of the Gulf is readily accessible and has been studied in detail, but much of the northern coast is rocky, barren and subarctic, difficult of access and little known geomorphologically.
Coastal regions of eastern Canada. 1-Bay of Fundy, 2-Gulf of St. Lawrence (south), 3-Gulf of St. Lawrence (north), 4-St. Lawrence Estuary, 5-Atlantic Nova Scotia and southern Newfoundland, 6-E. Newfoundland (including Labrador). Provinces: A-Quebec, B-New Brunswick, C-Nova Scotia, D-Prince Edward Island, E-Newfoundland. (Courtesy S.B. McCann.)
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Bird, E. (2010). Gulf of St. Lawrence. In: Bird, E.C.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_21
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