George, an officer martyred in Palestine in 303 AD, is a patron of the English people and his battle against the dragon has been represented multiple times in art. Environment A large part of the banks of the Saint Lawrence river in the eastern half of the village is bordered by public land, managed by the Canadian Wildlife Service. The property is divided into two parts: The Gros-Cacouna marsh is an ornithological site that covers nearly including a portion of the peninsula near the Gros-Cacouna harbour. Almost of trails allow visitors to discover many species of birds in their natural habitat, most notably waterfowl, such as the black guillemot, double-crested cormorant, greater snow goose, common eider, American black duck and Barrow's goldeneye and shorebirds, such as the black-bellied plover, semipalmated plover, short-billed dowitcher, yellow rail along with Le Conte's sparrow and American white pelican among the many other species. The Baie de l'Isle-Verte National Wildlife Area covers the majority of the land between the path at Rivière-des-Vases and the Saint Lawrence river estuary. The Regional County Municipality of Rivière-du-Loup also manages the public land bordering the estuary. There are trails and lookouts on hills overlooking the Saint Lawrence River that allow for a panoramic view of the region. Port of Gros Cacouna The port of Gros Cacouna is a deep-water seaport with a water depth of . It was inaugurated in 1981, after a wait of over 25 years due to regional proceedings. The quantity of raw material transhipped in the port has decreased significantly over the last ten years. In 1995, the port was mostly used to export 290,000 tonnes of forest and pulp and paper products. Yet, only 20,000 tons of these products were loaded in 2005. They were partially replaced by cement (100,000 tonnes in 2005) exported to the Great Lakes region in the United States. The port is also used to unload cement imported from Brazil (50,000 tons in 2005), road salt from the Magdalen Islands and various metal products. Since 2005, several wind turbine parts have also been transhipped in the port. Cacouna Energy A controversial project of building a methane terminal in the port of Gros Cacouna was announced on September 1, 2004. The project was proposed by Cacouna Energy, a consortium of TransCanada Pipelines and Petro-Canada. According to the proposed scenario, liquefied natural gas would be imported from Russia to Gros-Cacouna, where it