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Éternité Bay
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Éternité Bay is located in Quebec
Éternité Bay
Éternité Bay
Location in Quebec
Carte Baie Eternite.PNG
Location Rivière-Éternité, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 48°18′23″N 70°19′13″W / 48.30639°N 70.32028°W / 48.30639; -70.32028
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Part of Saguenay River
Primary inflows Éternité River
Managing agency Sépaq
Max. length 1 km (0.62 mi)
Max. width 2.5 km (1.6 mi)

Éternité Bay (French: Baie Éternité, meaning Eternity Bay) is a bay located south of the Saguenay Fjord at Rivière-Éternité, Quebec, Canada. It is part of Saguenay Fjord National Park.

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 drains into it at the head of the bay.

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

Two capes are at the mouth of the bay along 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.

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