The Land of Jacques Cartier

The Land of Jacques Cartier

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  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 1, 1963

Runtime

0h 29m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Toutes Isles

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Pierre Perrault

Description

Did Cartier dream of making a country from this land of a million birds? In his records of his exploration he certainly marvelled at seeing the great auks that have since disappeared from Isle aux Ouaiseaulx, the razor-bills and gannets that are gone from Blanc-Sablon, and the kittiwakes from Anticosti, all the winged creatures of all the islands which he described as being "as full of birds as a meadow is of grass". And that's not even counting the countless snow geese.