# Ile du Gros Cacouna

**Country:** Canada  
**Water Body:** Gulf of Saint Lawrence; North Atlantic Ocean  
**GPS:** 47.9333, -69.5000

About 50 vessels a year call at Gros-Cacouna, and that modest figure says exactly what this Quebec port is: a specialised breakbulk and project-cargo berth rather than a container gateway. One of the largest Transport Canada public ports in the province, it works the south shore of the St Lawrence some 215 km downstream of Quebec City, opposite the mouth of the Saguenay, sheltered by two rock-filled breakwaters and open all year. Cargo handling is carried out by Canadian terminal operator QSL, while the Société portuaire du Bas-Saint-Laurent et de la Gaspésie is responsible for the port itself. Commodities include lumber, newsprint, salt, powdered milk, dry bulk, explosives and wind turbine components, stored in three warehouses and on extensive open yards. Road access is the strong suit — Autoroute 20 and Autoroute 85 meet at Rivière-du-Loup, giving direct trucking to Quebec City and Montreal and southward to New Brunswick and New England. No liner container service is confirmed here, so shippers needing boxes or large bulk parcels normally use Quebec City, Trois-Rivières or Bécancour; customs clearance is handled by the CBSA.

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