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Island of the Cross (Quebec)
The Island of the Cross (Île à la croix) is located in the middle of the Batiscan River, at the northern edge of the eastern part of the Portneuf Wildlife Reserve, in the area designated "Miguick-Île à la croix",〔(Hamlet Miguick Cross - island )〕 the unincorporated Lac-Lapeyrère, Quebec territory, Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative area of the Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada.
By 1888, near the Miguick River (Quebec), a quarry of granite began to be exploited, through the construction of the railway connecting the Lower Batiscanie and Upper Batiscanie.
== Toponymy ==
The French toponym "Ile-à-la-Croix" was officially recorded December 5, 1968 in the bank of place names at the Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Quebec). Formerly, a cross was planted on the island as protection for travelers on the river regularly surreptitiously caused the drowning. The rapids upstream and downstream of the island are deemed dangerous for boats river. The cross also protect residents and seasonal workers fast river (upstream and downstream) and sometimes considerable floods accentuated the risk of injury or drowning.
In Judeo-Christian origin place name "Island of the Cross" is akin to the place name "Lac à la Croix" which is located at southern of Lac-Édouard. The Batiscan River which rises in Lake Édouard flows into the "Lac à la croix". Fifty kilometers (following the route of the river) separates the mouth of the lake and the island at the cross.〔Geographical audit performed by the historian Gaetan Veillette (Saint-Hubert, QC)〕
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