Honguedo Strait
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The Honguedo Strait (Fr. Détroit d'Honguedo) is a strait in eastern North America.
Flowing between Anticosti Island and the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, it is one of the two outlets of the Saint Lawrence River into its estuary, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The other is the Jacques Cartier Strait on the north side of Anticosti Island.
The Honguedo Strait is approximately 70 kilometres wide at its narrowest point.
The origin of the name is uncertain; it may derive from the Mi'kmaq word for "gathering place." While I have looked for a word in Mi'kmaw that might resemble 'honguedo' as a place to gather, I cannot find one, but I read somewhere that this word might be of Iroqoian origin.(jnw)
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There is a Hotel by the name of Honguedo in the Gaspe Peninsula, in the town of Maria. There is also a Micmac Indian reserve in the same area. I have not asked an Indian personally, but have been told by the hotel's current owner that the word Honguedo means either rising sun or setting sun.
I am from this town, in fact one of my great grandfathers founded the town, his name was Pierre Loubère.
