L'île aux Pommes[1] is a tiny natural island in the St. Lawrence River located in the region of Trois-Pistoles, in Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, Canada, some 250 km (160 mi) east of Quebec City.
[2] One of the first mentions comes from an anonymous document referring to the diary of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm.
Île aux Pommes is the first island in the St. Lawrence Estuary to enjoy such status.
This small piece of land and rock has belonged for four generations (1927) to the Déry family who devoted leisure and money to giving this part of the country an oasis of peace for the migratory birds that come to nest there.
The owner of Île aux Pommes, Mr. Gaston Déry, received the Phénix de l'environnement du Québec, for the enhancement of natural environments and of biodiversity.