The Land of Jacques Cartier (1963)

• Documentary

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.

Rating

7 / 10 (1 votes)

Release date

June 1, 1963

Runtime

29m

Language

French

Director

Pierre Perrault, René Bonnière

Status

Released