Entry Island

Fishing is the main industry of the island with the lobster fishery being the most important, but some fishermen also harvest crab, scallops, whelk, mackerel, tuna and herring.

The island has two stores, a restaurant, an Anglican church, CLSC, museum, and post office; a bed and breakfast operates during the tourist season.

[1] When visitors come to Entry Island, after an hour boat ride, they may see more four-wheelers or snowmobiles (depending on the season) at the pier than cars.

Entry Island is the only totally secluded community, as the others (anglophone and francophone) are all connected by sand dunes and a highway, Route 199.

[3] Quebec author Jean Lemieux's 2009 book La lune rouge is a psychological novel set on the island.

It has been translated into English as The Red Moon (Cormorant Press, 1994) and into German as Das Gesetz der Insel, (Droemer Knaur, publisher).

[4] The beginning of the science-fiction novel The Odyssey of the Penelope ( L'odysée du Pénélope , Aurora Award 1998) by Jean-Pierre Guillet, takes place on the island.