Marsh Inventory of Chaleur Bay and St. Lawrence Estuary

A marsh inventory compiled from a literature review of documents published between 1985 and 2002. The dataset covers coastal habitats in Chaleur Bay, the Estuary, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, produced by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. It is available in SHP, ESRI REST, and CSV formats.

Use Cases

• Map wetland distribution across the Chaleur Bay and St. Lawrence Estuary using geospatial SHP files.
• Analyze coastal habitat changes by comparing data from literature sources spanning 1985 to 2002.
• Integrate marsh inventory data with other environmental datasets for regional conservation planning in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Strengths

• Based on a literature review of over 10 specific technical reports and studies.
• Covers a defined geographic area including Chaleur Bay, the Estuary, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (SHP, ESRI REST, CSV) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Data is derived from a literature review ending in 2002, making it temporally stale for current analysis.
• The underlying source documents may have inconsistent methodologies, potentially affecting data uniformity.
• No row or column counts are provided, limiting assessment of dataset scale and feature completeness.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Literature review of technical documents, reports, and studies.

Time Range

Documents produced between 1985 and 2002.

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026-03-24, but the underlying data compilation period ended in 2002.

Geography

Chaleur Bay, the Estuary, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada.